This is a Shakespearean styled sonnet for my gorgeous wife .. took up the challenge to write in the correct rhyming format 

I need no map to find my way to thee

for in your heart my southern star is set

though storms may churn the wild and hungry sea

I have no fear of tides I have not met

the summer’s bloom may wither in the cold

and gold may lose its lustre in the rain

 the stories of the world are quickly told

and every joy is shadowed by its pain

but you are fixed within my breathes deep core

a constant flame that time cannot erase

 I ask of life and fortune nothing more

for life may fail and empires turn to dust

but in our love, I place unfailing trust

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