Sonnet on a Star
If I could write a sonnet on a star
Then bottle it and toss it to the sea
Would it travel to the corners of the earth
And echo there the love I hold for thee?
If I could write a sonnet on the moon
Then bottle it and toss it to the winds
Would it find your heart so you may briefly know,
Where your love ends is where my love begins?
If I could write a sonnet on the sun
Then bottle it and toss it throughout time
Would someone from a distant galaxy,
Find no greater love than what was mine?
Yet, I cannot write a sonnet on a star,
Nor moon, nor even on the blazing sun,
Nor bottle words to send them where you are,
Nor coerce our separate hearts to beat as one.
And so my darling you will never hear
The humble words of love I wrote for thee
They remain encrypted, tightly sealed,
And yet, they travel on eternally.
