Beware, Beware, the Lover's Snare
Sonnet #7: In alternating pentameter and tetrameter, and Spencerian rhyme
Drenched in desire, lovely the hours Flit away, exquisitely sped. An umbral, knightly presence looms – towers Like memory, over the bed. Emblazoned with eros, swallowing dread, Warm hands scurry beneath a skirt. Words of lust bloom brightly as they are said: “Be still, love, this one's gonna hurt.” Melodic voices soaring sing and flirt, High now, on the pleasure of one, Lost to urgency, playing in the dirt, Reveling in th...