From Sea to Stars

For the sextant, the horizon is too dark to pinpoint

and its celestial mark is hidden above the surface of the seas

while still clutched tightly in the navigators hand

who is breathing brine as he is entangled in the helm

eyes staring through aqua gray to a destination unknown

to a world mysterious and yet to be discovered

the sinking ship's hull groans in mourning like the lament of the laviathan

and becomes a star-ship straying off all known maps

into uncharted seas of existence

it will rest on a floor untrodden within the deep

cloaked by Davey Jones while widows weep

until tide and times current clean the spirit from his bones

and washes him ashore to a new land and destination

with sextant still in hand to plot a new direction

to begin his journey into a life uncharted

he stares at two moons and wonders at what he is seeing

for the cycle has continued

his lantern was never doused

and under different stars he has become a new being