Lost and Found

LOST AND FOUND Our craft are but Two dust specks to reach Into trackless black void Almost out of energy Almost out of hope, each Directionless in the vacuous space Where? Where are you? Limitless loneliness to port Endless emptiness to starboard Below the darkness of hell Above only empty heavens. No guide, no pilot to show the way To hope against hope. Two specks of dust in the cosmos Drifting endlessly. No star to steer by No sign ahead, no track behind Each alone and helpless Where? Where are you? God will not help it seems Lost in this hell of emptiness. Is that your signal light ahead of me A tiny speck in the far distance Fifty light years ahead - Among all the stars, Temporary beacons, Some long dead, some only ghosts? Where are you? Where are you? Closer and closer - Is it another false flickering light, Another illusion of harbour? A trick to wreck my craft? Another maelstrom to sicken me? Closer it comes, maybe…. This is no star, but a planet, A wanderer like me With a brighter, steadier light Yes, a signal of recognition Found against all the odds: A smile, a wave - At last - it’s you.