Adrift

Cast adrift on a tempestuous sea
Everywhere undiscovered territory
Here be dragons
No escape, no reprieve
Awash in the toxic bile on serpents’ breath
The guiding light of a blood-stained moon
Ensnared in an eclipse of mist
Setting many misguided courses
By a broken compass
Ready to go under
The latest adornment for a dark abyss
I ache for the flavor of an angel’s lips
Intoxicating in its sweetness
The warm caress of wind, as breath
Playing across my ear
To feel the span of her being
To touch her spirit, to feel her life
I die anew
Each time she takes wing
And am reborn
Each time we face the sky together
From our own safe shore