Modern Shakespearean Sonnet 260. For Ciaran on his 40th Birthday.
I wondered, how pretentious would it be
To put a birthday greeting down in rhyme?
A thank you, glad to know you, note to say
How much I’ve liked your company, the times
We spend together, time among the friends
The world we’ve found selected us to have.
A world containing nights like these that tend
To light the people in the world we love.
For all of us are only living once.
And all of us create these scenes in which
The people that we want to smile will touch
The music, drink the life-fuel wine we give.
So, thank you. That’s the message. That feels right.
The fuller life is fed through life-full nights.
Andrew Barker.
This sonnet's position was rearranged within the collection after recording.
20 окт 2022
