In honor of an icon, I dedicate this poem. Though simple it may seem, this is my little way of saying "I idolize you, John Keats."
In time, if lived a life prolonged,
so great will be thy art of words become.
To reap thee whilst thou art not old,
t'was fate alone thy death of ill succumb!
Oh words thy choice sophisticae,
mere dust my words compared to words of thee.
Besiege thy arts of word I may?
For in thee I see a man to lead me.
Oh John, dear John, why thee, not he?
or other men less fortunate than we?
In time, if lived a life prolonged,
oh John, dear John, words worth be less a told.
Thy arts with range a sea so vast,
non words repeat an art few else lived past.
For Milton dear, to William be,
a plot they've made thy words they wished to see.