Sonnet 1 (Revised)

When I was a young one, and youth my bride

I swam in the sea, afloat was my stride.

Bathéd in sunlight, and dewy with pride,

I n’er knew sadness, and never did cry.

The years passed like water and change took hold,

I turned grey and shy where I once was bold.

And sadness reignéd, my heart did turn cold

But this I kept inside, no one I told.

I war with the darkness

And fight being heartless

I fracture so am part-less

I struggle yet still, for this is my path,

To hold back the tears and tender the laugh.