Oktober 2019 SonnetFest - 1

First of four sonnets in my Oktober 2019 SonnetFest.


beware the dark water


Transgressions make their mark when seen or not,
for they are ne'er invisible -- although
if waters only ripple o'er the spot
where one occurs, the roil of undertow
can snatch the unsuspecting unaware
and turn the placid into danger. For
if we believe there is no wake or pair
of spins when there's a causal bore
astride uncertain shores, we are in cert
deluded; we must always know our acts
have pathways marked with color; so revert
your knowledge to the tested basic facts
which mean a scant existence can be known
if its originations can be shown.