Cloaked in Shadow

I was drenched in black water, Yet, it looked as though I were dried out. I stood before a lighthouse, Yet, remained unseen. Gazing into the sea’s blackness, The highest tides forever circled me. My eyes could find no anchor, As my dark hands sailed towards the farthest shore. My home, too, was cloaked in shadow; Something unseen, yet present, walked with me there. The map and the wanderer within me never agreed. Colours were but drifting sailors in my life’s vast sea. Different souls sail different paths, Tides come and go. Memoirs float like driftwood. Something vast yet fragile appears near the stones. My grave is smaller than the stones, Its epitaph; empty and black. I performed on countless beaches, Yet, nothing remains visible on this blackest shore.