Sunday, August 22, 2010

Rondel II

When first I heard her honey’d tone,
Ensnared was I, by timbre bold.
Though bitterness had taken hold,
Her fervor kindled heat unknown.

Fissures arose, through which light shone
(Ere venom spewed out uncontrolled),
When first I heard her honey’d tone,
Ensnared was I, by timbre bold.

Behold, as Moses split the stone -
Stricken, riven, my heart of cold,
Mollified by her heart of gold;
Blood sprang forth, sanguinity sown,
When first I heard her honey’d tone.

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