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Five at a time: Sonnets to Katie Elizabeth (1-5 of 173)

Sonnet 23/05/01                        DLVIII

I cannot alter Time's slow march, to speed
The days, or slow the hours. If I could change
The years, I would not stay so far, nor need
To censure dreams, and desires rearrange.
I cannot send what you deserve, to ease
The effort of your days. Can words lend care,
From one as I? How can my verses please,
Or offer solace? Should I dead dreams share?
I cannot offer heart, though your words reach
Into my dreams: I have no right to ask
That you care for me, nor can I heart touch
To see beyond those dreams, or longing mask.
I see a flame in you, to light my soul,
Yet cannot reach to it, or time control.


Sonnet 27/06/01                        DLXVI

Hotter and brighter than blonde or brunette,
I find your hair draws my attention to
The fire in eyes, and to that smile, set
Within your heart-shaped face. I know too few,
Who glow with passion's flame, to allow age
To keep me silent: Image pleases heart.
Yet, should I let dreams with desire rage,
When I cannot even hope to dreams start?
Should I tell you desires, when I will stay
Apart, by years and miles? I do not think
My concern offers more than words, but say
That I still care: My heart to dreams I link.
Will you offer kind words, and let me dream,
Or hold heart to hard facts, and fate redeem?


Sonnet 20/08/01                                DLXX

And I shall dream of your sweet smile, and pray
To see another, and another one,
As often as the sun shines, and let play
My dreams with soft delight, that they might run
The patterns of my heart. I may demand
No more than words, yet find your words inspire
More than an echo of past hope, and fanned
Dead ashes into all-consuming fire.
Might I preserve these dreams, to have heart hope
Beyond all reason? I know only cause
For friendship: Shall I let your words be rope,
To bind my soul? Shall my hopes never pause?
You call me dear, yet know I have not earned
Even the chance to share what I have learned.


Sonnet 25/08/01                        DLXXI

I hunger for your smile, that heart might feed
On honey sweetness, instead of this lime
Of broken dreams. Faint hope is all I need
For heart to find sustenance at this time.
You draw my thoughts away from written lines
To those desires I dare not allow heart:
Yet, might I try to read into these signs
More than appreciation for my art?
You tempt me with your words, to seek desires,
Yet I know you are only kind, to call
Me dear. But even thought of smile inspires,
And heart could to your eyes and soft smile fall.
How shall I hold my heart, with you so sweet:
Dreams cannot advance, yet dare not retreat.


Sonnet 28/08/01                        DLXXII

Shall I send words of passion and desire,
Or butterflies of verse, to tickle fancy?
I'd not of conversation have you tire:
What might I send, that you might my dreams see?
I offer heart, but know in truth you hold
Some part with your sweet words. How might I show
The pleasure comments share, how your words mold
My dreams? Might I let some of passion grow?
And how else might I bring a smile to eyes
Too far away to look within? I've not
Hope to be more than friend, yet heart defies
All common sense: My hope is all I've got.
Shall I just think of you, and let the night
Offer those visions that to dream are sight?