A Sonnet For My Little Dreamboat

• Victoria Pistevos, Grade 12, Bethlehem College
• Poetry
• 2016

Excellence Award in the 'Word Zone 2016' competition

My little dreamboat is one of its kind,
It sails way beyond the known Seven Seas,
To places unbeknownst to human kind,
For nobody’s boat can sail with my breeze.

My breeze is not always its trusted friend,
Like a pirate, it sabotages hope,
No bottle of rum can create the end,
A cure, to numb me, so I can cope.

The world is a frightening place, it’s real,
But with a good breeze, our boats can survive,
As masters of our fate we hold the wheel,
To steer to our own worlds, where we can thrive.

I live my life in my little dreamboat,
My thoughts are its oars which keep it afloat.