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.
* 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.
