Fireworks

A sonnet of color... 3rd place winner of Picture Perfect Poetry Contest!

Fireworks
A Shakespearean Sonnet- By Kleo

A flower blooms against a black lagoon,
A fire gilded lily in the stars.
She shows her face in brilliance to the moon,
To Mercury, to Venus and to Mars
And soon is joined by many other blooms
Whose petals scintillate in every hue.
They grace the eye with flaming rainbow plumes
Of pink and gold and lovely shades of blue.
And now a garden blossoms in the sky
In lambent beauty, delicate and bright.
It mesmerizes every human eye,
Enchanting and resplendent in the night.
         But where we once were charmed by fulgent shades
         We languish now as fire flower fades.

Line count: 14 lines
Rhythm: Iambic Pentameter