Sonnet #5 for February

SAFETY NET

Hand me your stress at the end of the night

Turn to me in place of others around

Let me be haven to your covert plight

Show you just how much you’re truly renowned

Don’t you ever tire of putting on airs?

Faking the funk so you won’t lose your cool?

They couldn’t care less about your affairs

Talk behind your back and call you a fool

What I deliver is true peace of mind

Safe place to examine your heart's decay

Enclosed in my arms where you can unwind

No filter needed for what you display

I’m the vessel for your overflowed cup

Always on post when you need lifting up

Copyright 2014
Charlene E. Green

Sonnet #1 for February

STAYING OR GOING

I know the truth you keep trying to hide

The look in your eyes tells all I should know

If just this once by your heart you’d abide

The strength of our love would most surely grow

We have been at this weak game for so long

I am not sure how much more I can take

You insist that what you’re feeling is wrong

I fear that our bond is about to break

You’ve got to stop listening to your friends

They have no knowledge of how our thing flows

If you refuse to make sure this game ends

You’ll have to live with the fate that you chose

My time is precious; please don’t be confused

I love you but won't let it be abused

Copyright 2014
Charlene E. Green