The desperate attempts for recovery turn vain
Imprisoned, locked in this collision course
Forgotten is wisdom, gone without a trace!
Folly and Caprice have eroded all sense
Already feeling the weight of this bane
No logic remains -- in coherent force
In due time, Fate will unmask her face
Everything subject to her prudence.
Love, thou art a cruel beast: silent and crude
Cast me away from thy vacuous grasp
Let me dwell alone -- in sane solitude!
Alas, confined between two savage traps!
Resistance fades as my resolution dies
Knocked down again by her keen blue eyes.
MYHL
11/23/05
Copyright © 2006 Marc Y H Landeweer
Commentary:
This was an exercise in poetry where I tried to write an acrostic sonnet using a friend's name. My first attempt was using the name Colleen. It was an utter failure. My later attempt was using Tiffanie. So the poem spells out T-i-f-f-a-n-i-e-L-C-l-a-r-k .
