<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=424677" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>As Life is Mirage - Acrostic Sonnet</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">As dusk to dawn succeeds, so death to birth, <br>Swift arcs the arrow, with the ark of man, <br>Lost on Time’s sea, while his allotted span<br>Is soon forgotten, dry-docked, - narrow berth.<br>For dust to dust returns, earth turns to earth; <br>Each sickled moon a sickly herald, wan, <br>Is witness to impermanence. The plan<br>Spins to Fate’s farce fast ending. Light and mirth<br>Must fade or jade before they prove their worth.<br>In earnest, blazing brightly, nothing can<br>Remain eternal, beacon Hope can’t scan, <br>And flame as ‘fixèd mark’ – and so its dearth, <br>Ghost mirage, mocks love’s life and locks life’s love -<br>End is in sight, flight spent, expressed above.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Jonathan+Robin">Jonathan Robin</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=424677" data-title="As Life is Mirage - Acrostic Sonnet de Jonathan Robin" data-description="As dusk to dawn succeeds, so death to birth, Swift arcs the arrow, with the ark of man, Lost on Time’s sea, while his allotted span Is soon forgotten, dry-docked, - narrow berth. For dust to dust returns, earth turns to earth; Each sickled mo..."></div> </div> </div>

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