Happy Friday, everyone!
Tonight’s poem is a sonnet on the topic of “the future”. As much as I’ve had to read and write poetry back in school, would you believe the sonnet was one I never had to write before? (We did a lot of haiku and prose poetry, but never any sonnets or found poems.) Anyways, I was *very* nervous about writing a sonnet and took a bit of time to research what exactly it entails. I’m still unsure if I got it right, but hopefully it’s enjoyable regardless. 🙂 (Also…confession time. I know I was supposed to use chiasmus in this poem, and I forgot. I was too busy making banana chocolate chip bread and I had my mind on food and food on my mind. Oops.)
Today is also the last day of the poetry class I’ve been enrolled in and I must say I’ve really enjoyed it. I went from hating poetry to loving it and I’m sure you’ll find me posting more poems here in the future (maybe a sequel to “Ode to Yoga Pants”?) Thank you to all who have been so supportive in reading my poetry and also a big thanks to Blogging U. and everyone involved in the Writing 201 course. You all are awesome!
So onward to “Tomorrow”…
Tomorrow
Sometimes I lie awake at night
wondering what lies ahead.
Tossing, turning on my bed
until the evening turns to light.
If only I had future-sight
so my worries could be shed.
Hope is what I need instead
to keep my destiny in sight.
What the future days may hold,
I might not be able to see,
but in my hope, I must stay bold
to live quite happily.
Tomorrow’s future is untold.
What happens next? We’ll see.