The Voyage - A Shakespearean Sonnet

• Hanyuan Li, Grade 6, Hurstville Public School
• Poetry
• 2014

Excellence Award in the 'The Text Generation 2014' competition

While heroes may fall, and worlds may collapse,
There's always one object that won't succumb.
It is known and weird, can mend a lapse,
It is seen by all as what will become.
The voyage begins, and soon it shall end,
As the trip there is short and full of trials.
One can travel alone, or with a friend,
The trip could be meters, inches or miles.
All are different, but the goal is the same:
To escape the field that you're trapped within.
One can deem it a challenge, or a game,
Take the prize alone, or take it with kin.
The end is your key, it will not change you,
It lights you a spark, thus I bid you adieu.