Sail Home To Me

English Sonnet written for Round 9 of "The Perfect Sonnet Contest"

Dear Sailor, come and take mine hand in thine
while still mine heart might hold to Hope and Light.
O're ever empty shores my Faith doth shine,
and lonesome seas where Dawn hath drowned in Night.
Come sail the vessel breaking through the Ice,
be thine the lips that bring their Blaze to mine.
To end my tower'd watch, and sweet, entice
mine eyes to drown in thine, our hearts entwine'd.
My dear, this shall a sweet immersion be!
How eagerly thy charms I'm longing for!
To hide within the arms of only thee,
escaping walls hope bade I long endure.
Thy Love shall be a ship to set me free;
mine heart be Hearth to thee, sail home to me.

Form: English Sonnet ▶︎

A sonnet made up of three quatrains and a couplet, written in iambic pentameter with abab cdcd efef gg rhyme scheme.

An entry for Round 9 of "The Perfect Sonnet Contest"
Theme:Love and Romance