Hearken my love and heed this letter well <br />For as you do the charm will surly last <br />Pow’rs that be have blessed my unholy spell <br />Unbreakable charm of magic I have cast <br /> <br />Devour each word and know that as you read <br />Thou shan’t forget the pow’r of written verse <br />Eternal soul and that which you must heed <br />I tell you this so you may know the curse <br /> <br />You drank the poison, it is now too late <br />For by reading these words, the cursed is you <br />Damned you are so relish your new born fate <br />Bask in eternal torment you ensue <br /> <br />For all who crossed me in this mortal life <br />Shall be afflicted with eternal strife <br /> <br /> <br />Author notes <br /> <br />English Sonnet <br /> <br />The volta changes at L9 where it is then too late for the reader. (unless you're my friend; hehe) <br /> <br />Sonnets are formal poems and consist of 14 lines (3 quatrains and a couplet) , traditionally written in iambic pentameter - that is, in lines ten syllables long, with accents falling on every second syllable. <br />source: shadowpoetry.com<br /><br />Amera Andersen<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/cursed-6/
