The Unknown Road by Aashik

~~~Bhaskaryya~~~


A Shakespearean Sonnet is decasyllabic (10 syllables per line) and follows the rhyme scheme of a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-e-f, g-g.


Alone I walk down the cobble stone street
Where strange faces gaze at me as I pass
“Where�, I again wonder, “does this road meet�
“Is it the lofty hills or oceans bass?�
Would it lead me to some far-away land,
Where echoes of love drift along the breeze
And yet linger, unlike footprints in sand
Plying my tired soul, allay and ease?
Or would it take me to some thriving wood
Where trees sway along lullabies of birds,
Luring beings to emerge from their hoods
And dance to the tune, by the zephyr spurred?
Reflecting where the unknown may extend
I hit against a board that says ‘Dead End’!