Thank you, Anni. Maybe I'm a masochist because I do like making things difficult for myself. I considered rhyming each line as well, but that was a bridge too far. Perhaps next time...
Islands
beckon to us,
mysterious promise
luring us across the water
with dreams of treasure or tranquility,
requiring merely a boat or a floating log,
some unlikely transport to a new world and paradise
where X marks the spot and we can reign forever inviolate.
Unrhymed Pyramid form:
centered on the page,
eight lines,
syllables per line 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16.
For Express It In Eight, 03.11.22
Prompt: Beckon.
Note: Rhyming proved a bridge too far.
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