Atmosphere (Sonnet #498)

Atmosphere (Sonnet #498)

The air surrounding you electrifies
My soul. Do you believe magic has come
To make abode with us? You are the sum
Of all my hopes and dreams seen with closed eyes.
In a distant vision once I saw you
My heart did leap with joy, yet so afraid
If you knew my weakness, you’d feel betray’d
‘Til I found out you feared the same thing, too
Never did I demand the perfect girl
Just one to grow old with through sands of time
And share life’s beauty through each verse and rhyme
And grow that love as all our days unfurl
Precious Sweetheart, with you I am so pleased
Oh! Find the same in me, on bended knee.

© 2017, David W. Palmer

Wandering & Wondering (Sonnet #496)

Wandering & Wondering (Sonnet #496)

Convinced, am I, this world was made for us
Two steps, we stop, wonder; gracious beauty
Presents itself, glorious array. Duty
Have we to praise Him, He who gave this trust.
Delight we take walking His sands of time
Thousands before have blazed the trail we take
Yet saw it not with eyes like ours. We make
Meaning in such moments, for us, sublime.
Telescopic convex eyes seek bright stars.
Nebulas and quasars stun our senses
Never has a constellation’s presence
Stunned me more than when I stand where you are.
Brightness of my Evening, my Polaris
You guide my heart to home to taste your kiss.

© 2017 David W. Palmer

Puffery (Sonnet #495)

Puffery (Sonnet #495)

Cease with your puffery, setting a trap
Speak it only if you mean it; don’t break
My heart with all your empty compliments
You play against my insecurities
I take the dare thinking you value me
When what you want is something in return
Should I give in, what then? A broken heart?
Your conquest made, my devastation starts.
Should not a man value his lady fair,
Regard her as a heaven sent treasure?
To win her heart, she’ll hold your life in trust
For she’ll believe the one believing her.
What will you say, when God reviews your life?
How did you treat His precious gift, your wife?

© 2017 David W. Palmer

Falling Down (Sonnet #497)

In memory of the victims of the terror bombings over the weekend in London and Manchester, England.  When will we learn the ways of peace, that we can sit down together at the table of brotherhood and break bread, wishing each other "Salaam."  When will we celebrate who we are, while also recognizing my brother's right to live before his God as conscience does direct? Peace be in our hearts.

Falling Down (Sonnet #497)

London Bridge, is it falling down again?

Since when did God decide bombing the hell

Out of the innocent was the ticket

To Paradise? Abel's blood cries once more

From the London streets to the throne of God

"Have mercy on my misguided brothers

And may we see hate separates us from

Grace, and from each other in doom's gloom boom."

Pointing fingers, blaming will solve nothing

He who with hate responds lights the next fuse

'Tis time to cross that bridge, heedless of fear

Seek rapprochement, break bread at this table.

Rejoice at who we are, yet celebrate

My brother's right to live as conscience leads.

(c) 2017 David W. Palmer

Photo: The Washington Post (June 5, 2017)

An Inconvenient Couple (Sonnet #494)

An Inconvenient Couple (Sonnet #494)

Meaning so well, but misguided, they chirp,
“Where do you think this will all end, with him?
He’s not our type, he just disrupts our lives!
You have changed, we all see, not for better.”
Do you hear this and doubt, or see matters
Differently? Have they taken the dive
To swim in your waters? Or, on a whim,
Play sticky games with your life, like syrup?
We dream of brighter days living in love
And know where true destiny lies for us.
Not living to fit their expectations
Fitting where we expect our salvation.
Naysayers cease, and we’ll still ride this bus
I’ll stand with you; our hearts fit like a glove.

© 2017 David W. Palmer

This Kiss (Inverted Hexaduad)

This kiss
Shook loneliness amiss
Both warm and wet moved with a surge
Gave me the urge
To taste [even] once more
Your mystic store
Of sweet beauty,
Dimples, such a cutey
Do you believe
You’re the fairest, I’m not naïve
Let me start with, my Miss
This kiss.

© 2017 David W. Palmer

Amazed (A Rictameter)

Amazed

Wonder
Slack-jaw’d marvel
However you did that
Is beyond my comprehension
The beauty you inspire in my thoughts
Stops me mid-step to contemplate
Your new perspective; gift
I’ll treasure with
Wonder

© 2017 David W. Palmer