Into the Great Unknown

("Night Sky Serpent", 2013, original pen and ink) Into the Great Unknown In this world of constant sorrow Is there room for you and me As the walls close in around us Is there some place left to be We had homes so full of love once Before walls came tumbling down A safe place to raise our families Then floods came and made that drown There’s nothing left to say now, and Really nothing left to do With a world gone topsy turvy Being forced on me and you In a world that’s lost its balance Wokeness spreads its wings like fire Lifting hope and dreams all rainbowed White bones burn upon its pyre So, we while away the sunset Waiting for darkness to fall Then with ol’ Big Dipper turning Saddle up and leave it all. What comes next you ask in wonder Are we left then each alone No, we’ll always ride together Up into the great unknown (7/5/24)