at dawn you walked slowly upon blue glaciers
through all the flimsy nuance we felt at once
so eternal and so urgent you declared love
you seemed to me depend upon red glove
guardian angels performed Oxana's Caprices
the range of dream's wide and gracious
Heaven have no rhymes more sweet
than prayers and praise fully repeat
you ought to recite verses whole night long
with these hope to make sincere your song
you spoke to whom freedom was truly belong
which of the two choices were best to gain
life without trust and courage was often pain
you still tried another way again and again
(dedicated to a great poet, John O'Sullivan)
Ahmad Shiddiqi
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-1-18/
