The Shadows I seek

On By Veera
Credits: @sosoooorna
copyright credits- the ruby and flower are not my(inky’s) own images

Hey all! I’m back with my first sonnet. Enjoy!

The shadows I seek,amidst glare of day,
Chained in a malevolent atmosphere,
Hostile firestorms fueled by sun’s rays,
My insides they inflame,my skin they sear.

The shadows I seek,amidst glare of day,
Blinded by the sun’s scintillating light,
Into darkness,I cheerfully fade,
Embracing the tranquility of night.

The shadows I seek, amidst glare of day,
When poetry beckons my wandering mind,
Lost in tenebrous dark, I see the way,
Verses with whose blackness I gladly bind.

The shadows I seek amidst glare of day,
When I just wanna keep the light at bay.

-The Forgers of Fantasy

P.S: This exaggerated poem has been penned for DVerse,where poets were asked to pen sonnets of any type,with the starting and ending of each line being the same word,and use any derivative of the word “shadow” in the poem. I’m sorry,but I found it extremely difficult to use the same words at the start and end of each line,I’ll pen another sonnet for that! 😅
You can access the prompt at https://dversepoets.com/2022/02/10/mtb-some-shadowy-lines/

P.P.S: This is also my submission for Inky’s custom contest.

Rules-

1.Add the featured image on the start of the post (but you can make your own design, and place mine at the end.
2.Follow the selected categories: writting, painting, desiging or baking.
3.Max three entries (but you can only win one)
4.For writting, max words is 350. it also has to be family friendly.
5.For painting+ deisnging ; make sure it’s kid friendly. if you’re unsure; send it over to my gmail.
6.When paste (ing?) the logo; make sure to add the copyright credits. (caption)
7.Use “inky’s custom contest” tag in the post.

You can access the prompt at https://borederthanever.wordpress.com/2022/01/13/inkys-custom-contest/ .
For more such poems,refer The Forgers of Fantasy

16 thoughts on “The Shadows I seek”

  1. Technically superb, and I have a particular like of poetry with real philosophy behind, and there we can really think of notions of limelight and concepts as such…so, very well done, enjoyed, a lot..

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  2. some nice rhymes and just the right syllables in this sonnet – bravo – I like how you find your way to the Muse in the shadows – for the full challenge I wonder if you could do the shadow repeats? Perhaps another time even.
    “Verses with whose blackness I gladly bind.
    The shadows I seek, amidst glare of day,”

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