Finally Home

For love of night I claimed my fears released them to the moon like a crawfish in the sand I sifted through my magical runes seeking symbols and answers but only finding the quiet croon of a lonely seagull, over trees shaped like big black balloons The ocean resembled tempered glass reflecting stars above foamy sea spray, a roar, a wave then, silence... leaping into the deep I probed the mysteries of my living essence and found a kindship with the creatures of the sea Watching a lighthouse from a distance I heard the foghorn go three blasts from the lighthouse, "going astern" returning to the amniotic fluids of my mother's womb then reborn by the stability of past virtues, soul accepted day For love of sleep I dismembered before the sea diving into its partitions like a mermaid longing to be free claiming meteors and shooting stars as my very own I sailed away without a life jacket for I was safely home.