at dawn you walked slowly upon blue glaciers <br />through all the flimsy nuance we felt at once <br />so eternal and so urgent you declared love <br />you seemed to me depend upon red glove <br /> <br />guardian angels performed Oxana's Caprices <br />the range of dream's wide and gracious <br />Heaven have no rhymes more sweet <br />than prayers and praise fully repeat <br /> <br />you ought to recite verses whole night long <br />with these hope to make sincere your song <br />you spoke to whom freedom was truly belong <br />which of the two choices were best to gain <br />life without trust and courage was often pain <br />you still tried another way again and again <br /> <br />(dedicated to a great poet, John O'Sullivan)<br /><br />Ahmad Shiddiqi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-1-18/
