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Sonnet

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Like twisting wires our fingers now entwine
Our speech so soft the wind can’t overhear
His whispers somehow more sincere than mine
I realize I don’t want to be this near

He says that he adores my every trait
Is sure he sees no other god than me
My fondness for him simply can’t equate
A shallow pool against his endless sea

I love him, wish him only happiness
As sister might to brother or to friend
His feelings suffocate me, I confess
Too guilty now to bring about the end

The fault we two companions can’t ignore
In love, and yet one loves the other more.
Written for my English class. The assignment was pretty simple- write a sonnet, keeping as close to the form as possible. 14 lines, 10 syllables per line, alternating rhyme scheme with couplet at the end, iambic pentameter and all. Blargh. Actually, it wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it would be once I got going. I ended up writing about something I was feeling a few weeks ago (that's all I'm saying- to the person this is about, you know we've fixed things since then).

You know, this is the first piece of rhyming poetry I've ever written that I actually liked. O.o
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I love this! I know the exact feeling that's described in this sonnet. Except I hated him, I didn't come to realize I liked him ._.