Left Behind

My vessel sailed upon the morn, And joined the endless, sparkling sea, Though I slept soundly, unaware Alas, she could not wait for me I woke to find myself alone, So empty both in mind and heart; And though I sought to fill their hold, My soul, from me, seemed to depart In sadness, I then looked upon the last, Of salty waters sinking towards the sun, And lo within the fading glow, I glimpsed, The trailing remnants of her skyward mast Thus, ache that longed then to retrieve, The ship that sailed on without me, Could only wave in parting sign, Farewell to what should have been mine.