Modern Sonnet 251. Everything Will Be OK.
There’s comfort found in phrases often said,
Like, “I’ll be there,” or, “I’ll be by your side.”
And often when we need be comforted
Such phrases are the best life can provide:
Best wishes are the best that life can do.
Sincerely sent are all those thoughts and prayers,
That hope to shore-up psychic revenue
Against the fear that no one out there cares.
But words can work a magic; words have strength
To lift, and spin the worry from the heart;
The spell and dance of words can be enough;
And phrases newly formed can conjure art
That winds these times around you tight to say,
That everything is soon to be OK.
Lockdown Sonnet Thirty-three.
Andrew Barker
31 июл 2023