As Dew From Lily Pearls Acrostic Sonnet Alternative Version Poem by Jonathan ROBIN

As Dew from Lily Pearls Acrostic Sonnet Alternative Version

As dew from lily pea[r]ls away
Stretched time can't rhyme eternity.
Desire whose fire may warm today
Ephemeris soon's seen to be.
We pass, time due, climb through life's play,
Fall, fate forgotten, from life's tree,
Recalled in grief leafed album stray.
Otiose to gild the lily -
Must multiplies, trust dies, dust may
Lie heavy on both bore and witty.
If ALL is in, through, ALL our stay
Lingers somehow, keys life's ditty,
Youth, age, unites, transmutes despair,
PEARL Seeded sempiternity.
3 January 2007 alternative version 18 April 2021

AS DEW FROM LILY PEARLS
As dew from lily pea[r]ls away
Stretched time can't rhyme eternity.
Desire whose fire may warm today
Ephemeris is seen to be.
We pass, time due, climb through life's play,
Fall, fate forgotten, from life's tree,
Remembered in leafed album stray,
Or - for a spell - where family
Must thrust dust, trust our writings may
Lift spirits from banality.
If ALL is in, through, ALL our stay
Lingers in some way to key
Youth, age, together, thus may mock despair,
PEARL Seed be[a]d-feed leads to new life, joy rare...



(c) Jonathan Robin acrostic sonnet written 3 January 2007