Taking On Water

On a sailboat I am

slowly floating nowhere

Lost the memories of

where I am and why



Black ocean churning

a million stars are burning

planetariums were right about the sky



Once upon the day I set off on the journey

Wishing on the wind take me far from home

Now I'm on the waves

And I'm taking on water, hard to see,

I won't always be alone



There was a time when August sun was high and centered on me

but it dipped behind my back and settled down

Used to square up to the land, used to size it in my hand

but it fell behind the line that meets the sky



Once upon the day I pushed off on the journey

Wishing on the wind to take me far from home

Now I'm on the waves

And I'm taking on water, hard to see,

I won't always be alone



Inside this storm whipping in the wind

my sail is torn

In other words, the ends are never not my own



Hard to see I won't always be alone



On a sailboat I am

slowly floating nowhere

Hoping someday I wash up on someone elses shore...