Shipwreck

Life breaks on a tenuous shoal Heartaches vex shipwrecked soul Rocky outcrop slashing at each, bleached sole In choppy waters, teetering mast o'er limp body doth troll Peering into foggy abyss, undulating currents of angst so droll   Hope wanes as tearful waves from calcified funnels roll Briny mist over resonant dreams doth scroll Tides dredge seaweed earlier missteps did dole On the horizon, clouded visions turning black as coal From a distant, but reachable, harbor a fog light doth patrol But encroaching shadows eclipse as endearing fate doth cerebrally cajole Faint sound from a beckoning barge doth wandering ears enroll But the boisterous waves of doubt resound a dreary toll Cresting above life's sorrows, in the distant ocean a succoring atoll But shackling cares girdle my feet pulling me into the undertow A dry, temporal sanctuary in my corroded senses to stroll Morphing into insane mirage as the angry torrents remaining wits poll