Love Sonnet LXIII

....I love playing in musky soil

Love Sonnet LXIII

 

 

Capturing the rhythms of love

is not easy since it often come up

against emotions that find

time and space stacked against

 

it. I would love putting my

hands in the dark soil, play

gleefully with the feel of earth

on my fingers as they till and

 

make possible a garden that

can grow the seeds planted in

a Springtime of Hope. But here I

 

am, late in life, but still

holding the desire of wanting

a life, a garden, filled with flowers.

 

Aztec Warrior / redzone 10.11.2025

Author's Note

....thanks for reading.

Reviews

[Thomas W Case]

This feels tender and unhurried. I like how the physical act of working soil mirrors emotional readiness, and how hope is allowed to exist without guarantees.

[Beren]

Ohhh wow! What!? Ending made me shout! Whole poem is magnificent, i just loved it! Already starting is such a good quote and i can see the way you studied this literature! It’s a really good starting… and it flows and carries the rest of the poem so delicately till the end, and leaves it to the writer’s lap. And stays there like a cat who waits to get the attention. And i am happy to be here to give the attention this poem needs! So so good!

[redzone]

Thanks Beren, perhaps you can hear me purring?!! I appreciate you and the comment you left.

[RomaJ]

This feels like love speaking through the hands -- tender, patient, still reaching for light even as the years unfold.

I love how the imagery of soil and seeds mirrors the heart’s quiet hope to keep growing beauty, no matter the season.

There’s such grace in the longing here, a reminder that love, like a garden, always finds a way to bloom again.

[redzone]

Exactly, RomaJ, gardens (love) finds ways to bloom again. A garden also need tilling and work to help in the blooming, so does love. I am glad you found beauty in this poem, thank you.

[Ms claws]

Those kids are awesome! I love that one by Toto.

[redzone]

The kids are amazing!

[Ms claws]

If you only believe that Christ is God come as human man. He had to shed his sinless blood to cover the sins of mankind.
Aztec, in heaven, eternity will be your reward for just believing he did that for you.

You will be given your most desired pleasure, not carnal, of course.

I see you in a garden, both your hands deep in the black dirt to your heart's content.

The Bible says our minds can not grasp the knowledge of the wonderful things God has in store for us!

Your writes inspire.