Your songs sweeten this bitter passing
Rudder me through to calmer waters.
Your words secure my departing
Restore my shredded sails
For this last crossing.
But first let me stay a story longer,
Tell me a tale from our voyages together:
Of past storms soothed,
Of old foes bested.
And so ready me to weather this course
To its end.
May 22, 2025
May 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM UTC
Your songs sweeten this bitter passing
Rudder me through to calmer waters.
Your words secure my departing
Restore my shredded sails
For this last crossing.
But first let me stay a story longer,
Tell me a tale from our voyages together:
Of past storms soothed,
Of old foes bested.
And so ready me to weather this course
To its end.
sometimes i come across a poem I've written (this time from 2017) and I'm almost convinced I must have copied it down from another poet. But I cannot find this despite my best google-jitsu. I've concluded this did indeed come from my pen.
