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Sonnet of Summer

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MermaidInDisguise

Published: Aug 3, 2013

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For four years, your green eyes have haunted me,
Yet only in July was I possessed;
You drowned me in a salty summer sea,
And when I saw the sun, I was obsessed.
There are too many reasons I'm reluctant:
Too young for love, too old for childish whims--
Alas, I fear my heart has been corrupted
And so my light of reason has grown dim.
I thought that I had kept my heart protected,
I told myself that this was nothing new,
But you were something I had not expected,
And guarded heart or no, I fell for you.
Too late I found you and your emerald gaze;
Too soon will you be gone with summer's haze.

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