If I could write a sonnet <br />on a star <br />Then bottle it and <br />toss it to the sea <br />Would it travel <br />to the corners of the Earth, <br />And echo there <br />the love I hold for thee? If I could write a sonnet <br />on the moon <br />Then bottle it and <br />toss it to the winds <br />Would it find your heart <br />So you may briefly know, <br />Where your love ends <br />Is where my love begins? If I could write a sonnet <br />on the sun <br />Then bottle it and <br />toss it throughout time <br />Would someone from a distant galaxy <br />Find no greater love <br />Than that was mine Yet, I cannot write a sonnet <br />on a star, <br />Nor moon, nor even on <br />the blazing sun, <br />Nor bottle words to send them <br />Where you are <br />Nor coerce our separate hearts <br />To beat as one And so my darling <br />You will never hear <br />The humble words of love <br />I wrote for thee <br />They remain encrypted, <br />tightly sealed <br />And yet they travel <br />on eternally<br /><br />Tamara Beryl Latham<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-on-a-star/
