Sonnet XXXVI
Today I Wrote Her Name Upon The Page
(w/ apologies to Edmund Spenser)
Today, I wrote her name upon the page,
which flowed with ease and held my heart enspell'd.
For all, I wrote of pain to purge the rage -
to grant my Soul some peace and make it well -
but as I wrote, wellness turned to welling.
If faith and love can mend the broken heart,
and help inspiration to reign - dwelling
in deed, in thought, passion in ev'ry art...
...then I shall have strength to make amends -
in time, stand by her side when need appears -
in time, remove that time which time offends.
My oath on written page in ink and tears:
To wit, to weep, inspire or to amuse -
There, love shall live, and later life renew.
- Douglas H. Thew
