Introductions (A Double Sonnet)

By Lynn Marie Sager

Photo by Isaac Ordaz

PROMPT — Joy is ...

I have roamed coasts, and mourned over sea gulls

tangled within the seaweed so sweetly.

I saw the midnight sun; and fed eagles

raw meat from a knife, while their eyes pierced me.

I have charted constellations within

a midnight lake’s black star sparkling surface;

slept where only a fire warmed my skin

and life was no longer some frenzied race.

Sampled sour grapes by starlight within

vineyards, while I wandered towards an ancient

fortress swollen by voices of lost kin

softly warning of lives less permanent.

Stolen pineapple from the field where it

grew ripe and juicy; tasting of the sun.

Ate by a secret waterfall; each bite

dripping; dove in to wash my face when done.

I’ve danced in open fields, while thunder clouds

rolled in from three directions; and watched with

friends as the sky ripped open in vast sounds.

Late into the night, we whispered of myth.

I have felt the joy of someone I love

touching my flesh; and I have fought beside

a brother that simply wanted to live.

I know what fills a life from the inside.

Being, not having, gives satisfaction;

full lives can be measured by an action.

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Lynn Marie Sager writes to help fellow travelers keep their bearings in this delightfully whackadoodle world. She is the author of several books on mindset and personal growth and shares weekly navigational nudges at Navigating a Whackadoodle World. Lynn writes from Kaneohe, Hawaii.