Adrift

Lost as sea Drifting aimlessly Within crowds of faceless Lonesome ebb and tide An ordinary man's conscience Love adrift as dream In tempered heart Unbelieving faithless Waiting for a rescue Are we set upon horizons Passing in the distance Day after day Mundane living out A ghost ship's existence Endurance Is merely for the brave To forsake what is mere survival As fearing souls fight to surface The bombardment of blase in waves A world, a current, a riptide, love and hate Conspicuous rivals betwixt a human race One drags to drown the spirit And the other brings us to safe