Adrift
rootless on sapphire seas
tides dishonored then begrimed
a keel eroded, relentlessly thinned
barnacles disguised with time
drifting toward dark horizons
battered and barely alive
distant isles beg an appearance
pleading I arrive
beyond the rotting corpses
mired and run aground
anchored in the muddy depths
the Sea of Despair surrounds
fire-ravaged rigging
scared by flame and age
fail to bear the sails
billowing before winds of rage
salt-breached stores
neglect to nourish my
bloated belly filled with spoils
hunger pangs defy
lost upon the derelict
to no port do I belong
barren brown sandy isles
without an oasis or scarcely more
countless swells deftly erode
a deceptive sandy shore
dreams once charted a treasure map
leading me to distant virgin coasts
linger now in the swirling mist
reflecting fading failing ghosts
flailing from the yardarm
I beg reprieve once more
in the distance lays the land
of a milk and honey shore
riding waves of swirling crimson
on churning deep blue azure seas
surrender not to marauders
pirates or itinerant thieves
blues swirl destroying dreams
hurricanes batter weakening beams
darkness reflects in fractured mirrors
as blues drift through sapphire seas
B709I
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