Lenten Sonnet #4

Here are two sonnets I wrote during the trip the Honors group took to New Mexico. We went to the Guadalupe Mountains and explored Carlsbad National Park and Slaughter Cave. It was a nice break from the craziness of school. Here they are:


Road Trip (3/1/12)

Driving in a van, it’s completely packed.

Tents and sleeping bags take the trip with us.

Food supply for the journey tightly sacked.

How I wish we took a big, yellow bus.

Driving through the countryside, herds of cows

Stare at cars passing by. Railroad tracks lead

The way into the desert we go now.

I begin to pull out a book to read

For the long four-and-a-half hour drive.

Towering windmills in the distant land,

It never felt so good to be alive

With a blank journal and pencil in hand.

Drooping eyes, it’s time to go back to sleep,

But memories of this trip I will keep.

Into the Mountains: The Preparation (3/1/12)

The journey to Carlsbad, my soul awaits;

Clear skies ahead, not a cloud I do see.

Sunlight shines from above through heaven’s gates;

Energizing spirit inside of me.

Preparing my body for perfect peace,

I enter the depths of ominous caves

To discover my need: a sweet release

That will shoot my spirits out of the graves.

Rising above mountains, a clearer view

Opens my eyes to what’s in front of me.

Distinguishing the false from what is true,

Searching for who I was, am and will be.

With an open mind, my ship is steady

For what is ahead, I am ready.

Have a great day and live life!