A Sonnet?

[athersgeo]

Well, it's certainly not Shakespeare...

The silence hangs heavy and fills his head
With the drumming noise of heart beats so fast
He knows that now all his dreams are dead
And gone are the happy days of the past
He's waiting for his jailers to return
To protect his girls from harm he has sworn
And from him nothing will his jailers learn
Though it might cost him one last sight of dawn

But he recalls freedom's clarion call
The sun on the lake; the fresh smell of rain
Blissful days spent with friends one and all
And though his life might be ending in pain
Casting o'er those memories a dark pall
He knows that happy times will come again


Bonus points to anyone who guesses who the 'he' is.

Comments

[carolynp.livejournal.com]

Like that...I am guessing Jack, while he is being questioned by the nazi's in exile.

[athersgeo.livejournal.com]

Right time period - and, in fact, it started out as Jack...but then it got very morbid and depressing so it became Herr Marani

[donna-k.livejournal.com]

my first thought was also Jack, but on re-reading I've changed my mind. Herr Marani in the concentration camp?

[athersgeo.livejournal.com]

Yup - though I'll be honest and admit it did start out as Jack.

[helenprev.livejournal.com]

I thought it was Herr Marani too - even before I read Donna's comment.

And Ray - that's lovely! Well done on your sonnet writing! :-D

[athersgeo.livejournal.com]

Yup - Herr Marani it is.

And thank you - though I can honestly say it's probably NOT going to be a style of writing I try again!

[ganeris.livejournal.com]

Jack Maynard. How many points do I get?

[ganeris.livejournal.com]

Hmm. None, apparently. :P

[athersgeo.livejournal.com]

Half points, I think; since I did start out with it being Jack and it was only when it turned uber morbid that it became Herr Marani :)