Thursday, April 14, 2011

Day 37, Sonnet 37

Perfection is a limitless pursuit

That does the mortal self wholly ensnare

It is temptation of forbidden fruit

That leads to one path only; to despair.

For though I was as perfect child born,

With language I do fall in sophistry;

With sentiment I hurt, or wound, or scorn,

With blinded eyes I cannot rightly see.

For fragile life cannot achieve perfection

Try as I might to transcend mortal flaws:

A faultless life is life without affection

For love alone does break precision’s laws.

The paragons of virtue are the souls

Who by their love of flaws are rendered whole

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