Only a Dirge Will Do

Sonnet

Though I know it might be wrong

I'm decomposing a song

Awash in the key of you

That's quite hideous and blue

Written in a morbid hue

Not meant to be sung by two ...

And only a dirge will do

While the feeling is still strong

I'm decomposing a song

That's a dead-hearted as you

And one-hundred-percent true

With a mood wounded and blue

From all that you put me through ...

And only a dirge will do

Jim Lonsdale Poetry 2025

Author's Note

Exaggerative for the sake of exaggeration

Reviews

[Michael Sun Bear]

I love it. Nicely written and expressive of one or more experiences people my age have in their past. I’m going to save it in my library.

[Desert Knave]

Thank you !!

[Dylan Macadham]

Alas, I know this feeling, Well writ!

[Desert Knave]

Thank you !!