Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Shakespeare in Love ❯ 50 ( Chapter 11 )

How heavy do I journey on the way,
When what I seek, my weary travel's end,
Doth teach that ease and that repose to say,
'Thus far the miles are measured from thy friend!'
The beast that bears me, tired with my woe,
Plods dully on, to bear that weight in me,
As if by some instinct the wretch did know
His rider lov'd not speed being made from thee.
The bloody spur cannot provoke him on,
That sometimes anger thrusts into his hide,
Which heavily he answers with a groan,
More sharp to me than spurring to his side;
For that same groan doth put this in my mind,
My grief lies onward, and my joy behind.

 

-Sonnet 50

 

He didn't start traveling until after she left, walking away with her apprentice to destinations unknown. Originally, he'd planned to follow her, simply to make sure she was alright. However, she was driving him crazy being just within his sight and out of his reach. So he began traveling in the opposite direction. Walking farther and farther away from her, he tried to put her out of his mind.