Ah! It took six poems, but finally one that wows me! What a beautiful, descriptive, novel sonnet. Deftly crafted, deep, and compelling.
I wonder about the grammar of "veins' " in L11. I understand that it's meant to be multiple veins, but when juxtaposed with "hair's" right before it, I believe it would be better as "vein's." That's a very minor nit, though. The voice in this poem is delightfully wistful -- the kind of voice one cannot simply counterfeit. Whoever wrote this has struck the perfect balance of depth and accessibility, and nailed the essence of a sonnet in the process.
Bravo.
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