Onward

reluctant, I set darkened seas. horizons slip through feebled fingers impotent against sky. what pinned the stars in place? what streaked dawn’s last trace? matterless now an emptied course. mute sirens sit, clicking watch disaster, shaking heads. blunder blindly ahead backward no more- no peek at distant shores for signs of smoked remorse. no retrieved reprieve just on till to tomorrow, a hardened breath and heart come sorrow, come regret we sail.