Poem 076, Sonnet 32: Hullo Again! Poem by Samer Madbak

Once more we meet and once again my friend
“My heart leaps up” when I behold your face,
Once more I sing your praises and commend
My soul to your ethereal embrace…
Once more when everyone deserted me
A victim to the flames of negligence
You were with me, though in my idiocy
I failed to apprehend your eminence.
For there you came, sweet tut’lary of mine
To aid me out of disesteem and spite
Out of the life itself into divine
Demesnes of solace, realms of full delight.
Yea, there you came, for you would never spare
To stand by me, sole patron, dear Despair!


Adelaide
July 12th 1990