Three Sonnets for Imaginary Lovers

1.

The road it calls, for her I do remain 
in this land, this strange and wondrous isle.
Though wind and blood entreat me all the same
I stay in hope. I will abide a while 
to sing to waves, to feel her wildness near,
to share in pleasant tales those gentle lies
that have within them truth. I pray she'll hear
the calling of my heart, see in my eyes
how I would take her hand, lead her away,
far from the shouting men, the frantic seas,
to find that peace, with no words left to say,
to kiss her lips, to do whate'er we please.
For these dreams, I'll bide as long I might.
Soft I'll speak, for fear she will take flight.

2.

I'll watch the waves my love, I'll watch the rolling sea
I'll count each breathless heartbeat, 'til I return to thee
And though our days be long apart, with you I yearn to be
My heart is true to you, my love, 'tis you I long to see.

In my dreams I've kissed thee, a thousand times and more
I've lingered o'er each memory of our times beside the shore
But dreams do not fulfill me love, know I desire more
For you I ache, my dearest one, 'tis you that I adore

I feel your touch in the fiercest wind, in ocean spray so fine
I long for the sweetness of your kiss, when sunlit waves do shine
I yearn to take you in my arms, to lose all thought of time
To be with you, my lover true, always yours and ever mine

I bid you love, guard yourself well, this time we are apart
For in your precious body lives my ever-loving heart.

3. 

Perhaps might come a time when frozen heart might beat
For all my years and wisdom, this I ne'er have felt.
But if, 'twere you who coaxed it from its seat
with gentle hand, there's hope that it could melt.
For if I loved, no never would we part
though decades pass and countries rise and fall.
In golden cage I'd keep you, next my heart.
Aught you would desire, you'd have it all,
gold and jewels, the treasures of all lands.
Power, glory, all that your heart doth crave,
I'll lay all at your feet. Heed my commands:
fear me, love me and I will be your slave.
All these I'll give and deem it worth the price.
If you'll but take my heart and break from it the ice.