Sonnet I: A Journey's End

This next one is a sonnet I wrote a few years ago, and it is the first in a series of English sonnets I was experimenting with (English sonnet refers to the structure and type of the poem). My sister, Sarai, composed a musical accompaniment and melody for this piece, but unfortunately I don't have any recording of it. I love the sonnet structure, similar to the sonnet structure of John Donne and William Shakespeare (though they did some Italian sonnets). It's one of my favorites :-)

I took a walk upon the sun

and found my feet grew warm.

Then no longer could I run—

my feet had lost their form.

I tried to walk across a lake

and found myself submerged;

o’er my helpless head the wake

of water then converged.

Through the cities wide, I sought

to find a love that’s true.

Many battles mem’ry fought,

yet never forgot you.

You, for whom my heart did roam;

You, at last, have brought me home.