Stormy Landscape with Ruins

October 30, 2021October 28, 2021 ~ JezzieG

Stormy Landscape with Ruins on a Plain by Georges Michel, 1830s. Oil on paper mounted on canvas. National Gallery, London, UK

Stormy Landscape with Ruins
Form: Petrarchan Sonnet
Theme: Art
Subject: Stormy Landscape with Ruins on a Plain by Georges Michel

Alone except for the gathering cloud
The moody sky darkening above me
Buffeting winds roaring loud in their glee
And I pull my coat tighter like a shroud
Of protection; and still I won’t be cowed
By winds and clouds threatening and gloomy
For today is the day I’m walking free
Away from the ever maddening crowd
My destiny may have dark days ahead
When all I do, think or say will go wrong
Yet if I keep going towards the light
I will never regret the path I tread
As now my heart rejoices in its own song
Even on dark days the future is bright

©JGFarmer2021

Published by JezzieG

I am a freelance writer and poet and started writing after raising my two boys as a way of discovering just who Jez is. That is still very much an ongoing project but the journey so far has introduced me to many wonderful friends and fellow writers through an ever-growing love of poetry. View all posts by JezzieG