From the Archive: A Sonnet (1997)

Billy Schraufnagel

English Lit, p.10

November 11, 1997

If you want to accomplish your delight,

Find your own way to grope along in dark

Cavèrns of city streets in thick of night.

Just look within your soul to find the spark

Of will to fight the demons all around.

Your mind can push you to uncover gold,

Though it be veiled, it can surely be found

Among the twisted briars by the bold.

As infants persevere to take a step,

As hatchling bluebirds first attempt to fly,

So can determined minds become adept

At flight: a spiral to the soaring sky.

So find the power now inside your heart,

And take a breath before your journey starts.