Voyage

I‘ve gone from you again

Left you standing on the shore

Chatting with my shadow

Wondering if there’s more

Echoes of my heart

Flutter ‘round  your head;

Spinning, twisting, turning,

Slowly building dread.

I stroke your warm fresh cheeks

With aging nothing hands.

I call your name so sweetly

While charting darker lands.

I leave you with so little.

I venture far too deep,

Where echoes cannot reach me,

And all I crave is sleep

My return is never certain

Our reunions far too brief

Each dawn an empty promise

Each kiss a step towards grief