O COME HOME - POEM
For I sail across the consciousness I once had
The things I once believed now sink to the ocean floor
As the wind thrashes against the boat I live in
The River Styx of my dreams, I now lay waste
The blazing light is now a distant hum of hope
My anchor has been ground to dust, I am lost at sea
What I once was is now a form of shadow
The fire of the wood burns to keep me warm
But the frost that overcomes my resolve
Has now created a Tundra that I cannot escape
The ones who emanate a soul are buried in snow
Even the stars look away in shame, as my mind becomes dim
The flag I fly is shredded and my voice is shrill
The land I fought to live on is sneaking under my feet
My dreams died fighting to live, but now have unmarked graves
My eyes are devoid of passion, as I see land once again
I keep on sailing until my life ends,
This is becoming of me? My boat is sinking into the depths
The teeth of the people gnash, my ancestors watch on in fear
The fear of death has killed my homeland
My dreams, my dreams, O come home!
I sail through a rocky ocean, as I wait inside an echo
The chambers of mirrors that reflect what I could’ve been
The storm clouds speak the same language as me
As I sail through the eye of the storm,
death slicing through the silence of the waves
Cubs Howl at the moon Because their mothers died in the cold
The heat has left my realm, O come home!
The shimmering light that once guided me no longer does
The sunset breaks my heart, The sunset breaks my heart!
The starboard is where I sleep and yet I get no rest
The floor shakes under me as apparitions haunt my voyage
Is this becoming my fate, a fate to end my passion?
The sea I sail is unkind and unfair but of my own making
The sky is falling and I see my reflection in the water
My body is see-thru, my ribs visible under the moon
The cubs gnaw as the ice under them melts
My fingers grasp for something I cannot touch
The water is unkind, and time waits for no man
My love for you has ended
and my boat has been washed away
My body floats in the waves to be forgotten
Like the dreams I once held