Diminished

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Diminished

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works #46

Courtesy Priti Ghosh

Oh what a world is this,
Daggered with pettiness and avarice 
Maiming unwary selves with hobbling wound,
Compelling us to pettiness where safety is found.

Oh what a world is this,
Stabbing by beauty the heart of us,
Sowing longing and reaping rich anguish
In every old memory and every gaze fresh.

Oh what a world is this,
Forever luring with the mirage of ideals,
Baited by honour or mere crude ambition
To cast our lives on a diceroll of dream and imagination.

But by Thee all this dismal world stands diminished,
For Thou hast ravaged my heart the most O Beloved!