GIFT - Blogtober 2020

Gift

My favorite treat of all was your presence

Of all the men I knew you were the best

Every trip all our laughter counted blessed

Power of your stories luminescence

True lover man romance's quintessence

No regrets as all our love we expressed

I will stay true to your glorious quest

Guardian angel like Bailey's Clarence

I'm tempted to ask, "Why is life so hard?"

The guru says, "A man doesn't ask that."

In the face of hardship we must persist

Life is a battle can't get out unscarred

Complaining and whining one must combat

To struggle and toil all of life a gift

--Shenandoah Lynd

(a Petrarchan sonnet)