I am becalmed adrift, lost at sea, with n'er a lighthouse to look for me. Alone upon the rising swells, which will not break their voice to tell. Endless horizons beckon me, yet no zephyrs fill my sail No tears are cried, no lovers sigh, all colours lost and pale No sun above, no moon no cloud, no star to guide me home. Below me only silent depths, above me mourning veil. I carry with me, broken hopes, no one will ever need And yearnings dreams and desperate prayers No god will ever heed. Islands which once held me safe are behind but always near and pain me now When turning and with clarity, remain unseen.
Wrote this a year after my marriage of 17 years broke up, it's a bit self indulgent but then I was just focussing on myself at the time. I had decided that I'd had my crack at happiness, had blown it and would be content to be alone.