Sometimes grief hits me,
a thousand miles from home
And I mourn you all at once
My home
and land
and love
I’m bereft at sea with no sight of you
And as lonely as can be
I knew you once
In a distant past
The warmth of sanctuary
But as it goes, when growing old
I lost you to a wayward breeze
Now the winds grow cold and dark
And I’m scared beyond belief
That what lays beyond this great vast blue
Is a storm that rages on and on
With just a sunny day or two
But still I sail and travel on
As brave as I dare to be
To find a final resting spot
With no question of I love you and you to me
All I’ll find instead, is tender loving arms
That wrap me up and call to me
A home of love and certainty
I long for you more than I can breathe
If I could call the universe
I’d ask to trade all the years left to me
If it meant a moment of clarity
That I had found the place,
The person
That loves all of me
Where I am safe
and heard
and loved
and seen.
I long for this more than I long to breathe
And beg I will if I must
I’ll beg you on my knees,
Grant me a reprieve from storming seas
A reprieve from uncertainty
I’d give the air within my lungs
To make a gusty breeze
To push the sails through troubling seas
For a taste of what a home might be
I beg of thee .
This loneliness eats away at me.
This boat may sink beneath the sea.
Feb 9
Feb 9, 2026 at 4:59 AM UTC