A sonnet for peace
Posted: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 by Travis Cody inI'm enjoying my vacation. I'm relaxed...and it didn't take long to get to that state at all.
I had just a few goals for this week. One was to recover our living space from the chaos of months of exterior construction. Check! We've got some finishing touches to do, but the place is clean and organized for the first time since last September.
Another goal was to de-stress from the end of the first fiscal quarter at work. Check! I feel calm and comfortable with what I was able to achieve in my work.
And one other goal was to write. Partial check on that. Here's a sonnet I composed today in the Shakespearean rhyming scheme.
I think often of the path toward peace,
And in that thinking my mind cannot grasp
The length and breadth to which it is deceiv'd.
Simple seems my goal and not much to ask.
To put aside enmity; to be one
In this world with those like and not like me.
Yet why do I feel my hope is undone?
Why do I feel adrift in a gray sea?
Can love for all trump fear of difference?
Or is man's future lock'd behind borders?
A sad state indeed, this world lacking sense.
The sameness of man hides beneath cultures.
And so I look inward for my lost way,
Serene in mind if only for today.
And in that thinking my mind cannot grasp
The length and breadth to which it is deceiv'd.
Simple seems my goal and not much to ask.
To put aside enmity; to be one
In this world with those like and not like me.
Yet why do I feel my hope is undone?
Why do I feel adrift in a gray sea?
Can love for all trump fear of difference?
Or is man's future lock'd behind borders?
A sad state indeed, this world lacking sense.
The sameness of man hides beneath cultures.
And so I look inward for my lost way,
Serene in mind if only for today.
Awesome!
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