a price worth paying

a year of sonnets #107

Zach J. Payne
Nov 1 · 1 min read
Photo by Evie S. on Unsplash

By nudging tiny hands, Time, retrograde,
will turn us back to memories we lost
and undo every misery we prayed
for God to heal; let science pay the cost
of every heavy year upon our backs,
the sorrows that diminished us to naught;
if universal laws would bend or crack
perhaps our hearts will lose the damage wrought
by every savage minute. We would heal
and wave our grief into an endless…

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Zach J. Payne

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(He/They) Asexual/Queer. Essayist, Poet, Playwright, Writer for Young Adults. #2 Ninja Writer. https://linktr.ee/zachjpayne

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Perfection in fourteen lines.

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