your blue and green eyes with a dot of gold
keenly aware of worlds beyond your grasp
conquering fears too large for you to hold
protection from them you dare not need ask
a simple beauty bound by innocence
and silly, wiggly, sparkling energy
leaves not a single person on the fence
their feelings for you, no great mystery
from latency your lessons you did teach
as overzealously i soldiered on
reminding me to take care and not reach
past my breaking point or far beyond
each day the simple wisdom you exude
for this i have eternal gratitude
the edges of myself 
Teaching Shakespearean sonnets this week, in fact! Via Romeo and Juliet. Thanks for the inspiration…what made you choose this form?
Nice!! I’ve just been immersing myself in poetry lately– and when i was a senior in high school i did a semester of independent study on Shakespeare– and did a sonnet unit with some freshman classes. so– they have well-infiltrated my brain. thanks for reading, Chris.