I Did Not Go

"I Did Not Go" is a "refrain sonnet" written by Lisa Morris in 2017.

Original text
I did not go with thoughts of turning back; regret is something I so little know, though now green fields lay spread with loss’ snow, I still take joy in leaving my boot-tracks. I did not go because I hoped he’d change, or more, to watch another flower blow; I find new blooms all places that I sow; I need not leave my footpath, or its range. I did not go to only come again; the stars above are hopeful in their glow because I fled his murky undertow and found myself, and God, and better men. But if he calls for me in words sweet, low, please tell him I’ve forgotten all, and grow.