Dec 2013
I wish to comb the now distant Eden
Adopting Penelope's marble poise
To find her marvelling Polaris' freedom
Not questioning her heart, unlike my words.
Vaulted abaft* her marmoreal* shoulders
Chiliad* tales won, your silhouette
Decorticating* off African suns.
Oil lamp explorer, icy caves your lamp
Cannot warm; There are paths to cross with will,
Verdant* bridges constellated* with time.
Yet you, Inexhaustible human heart,
Beat with love. You gravedigger of the sky,
Estranged Love, brave forevermore the Afar,
Beyond the doubts of your enduring Heart.
Adopting Penelope's marble poise
To find her marvelling Polaris' freedom
Not questioning her heart, unlike my words.
Vaulted abaft* her marmoreal* shoulders
Chiliad* tales won, your silhouette
Decorticating* off African suns.
Oil lamp explorer, icy caves your lamp
Cannot warm; There are paths to cross with will,
Verdant* bridges constellated* with time.
Yet you, Inexhaustible human heart,
Beat with love. You gravedigger of the sky,
Estranged Love, brave forevermore the Afar,
Beyond the doubts of your enduring Heart.
* abaft - in or behind the stern of a ship
* marmoreal - made of or compared to marble
* Chiliad - One thousand years; a millennium
* Decorticating - to remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from; peel
* Verdant - (of countryside) green with grass or other rich vegetation
* constellated - form or cause to form into a cluster or group; gather together
Note: I used these specific words to fit the rhyme and stress scheme necessary for the Shakespearean sonnet form.
* marmoreal - made of or compared to marble
* Chiliad - One thousand years; a millennium
* Decorticating - to remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from; peel
* Verdant - (of countryside) green with grass or other rich vegetation
* constellated - form or cause to form into a cluster or group; gather together
Note: I used these specific words to fit the rhyme and stress scheme necessary for the Shakespearean sonnet form.
