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