On the seashore we had a date To talk things over without haste Tough decisions we'd have to make Carry on or make a clean break With trepidation we walked to meet Stolen moments from daily routine Bare our hearts, patch or delete Love truncated at age sixteen Three decades later realized Our love was one of it's kind If only we had not been ill adviced If only we had not been so blind Life would have taken a different turn Love wouldn't be kept in heart's urn Welcome to the day 19 of #YoPoDiMo or the YourQuote Poetry Diversity Month i.e. September. A sonnet is a 14 line poem, typically (but not exclusively) concerning the topic of love. Sonnets contain internal rhymes within their 14 lines; the exact rhyme scheme depends on the style of a sonnet. #sonnet #poemtime Here's an example: Dear Editor BY JEET THAYIL