The Lost Sonnet of Don Lambodar
If an ocean between us lay,
I would drink it in a single draught,
Bring the boats all to dock,
You to berth within my bay.
I would make a harbour of my heart
For your every breath, lock
Your pulse, your heavenly
Dreams and desires. I would race
The sun to kiss your feet,
Sea horses and sea birds. Even beat
the moon to bathe your face,
and ferry us from fear. I ask only:
A tender word to make some sweet contrast.
Pray moisten this desert, make it bloom at last.
Don Lambodar is the young interpreter in Romesh Gunesekera’s novel, The Prisoner of Paradise.
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