ADRIFT ON THE SEA OF TIME
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ADRIFT ON THE SEA OF TIME (1996-1997) 1-2-07
We two
Go on with our lives,
Living today.
Yet we hold on to our yesterday
Like sea tossed people.
We cling to each other's voices
As driftwood,
Watching our ship sink
Beneath the Sea of Time.
And the pain of it is constant.
Oh my darling, so constant.
Time and distance have not been friends to us.
But we knew,
When first we began
Our impossible voyage,
That for us
The waters might be turbulent.
Yet we left that safe harbor
That had been our home,
That had been our lives,
And set sail to find
The Land of All Possibilities
Hitherto only known to each of us
In dreams.
We took our dreams, and from them,
Created a reality that for most
Will only remain a dream
Their entires lives.
For we were strong and brave,
Spurred on by all consuming love
That fuelled our hearts and minds
So that when the winds of romance blew
The sails fully unfurled
And
We crossed the knots of space
To be one,
To be lovers,
To be spouses.
We said "forever".
We were glorious in our beliefs and feelings.
How many others
Whom we will know
And whom we will never know
Will ever take that dare?
Will ever risk
That incredible sailing
Wherein we sailed?
A new time is here.
And still we vacilate
And live our dreams and fantasies
Of a year past,
While living the reality
Of the year present,
Adrift on the Sea of Time.
And the pain of it is constant.
Oh my darling, so constant.
I drown, Susan,
In my pain,
In my sorrow,
In my regret.
I weep not only for myself
But for us both,
For what might have been
If only we had dared more strongly.
If only ......
And I weep for the pain that YOU have felt
Because I lost direction,
Because I lost heart,
When our ship became rudder-less,
Captain-less.
And my tears fall into the Sea of Time
And are swallowed up
By the uncaring waves,
And are lost.
Perhaps you have found
A far better captain,
A far better mate,
Who sees more clearly
The direction
That points to possibility
For you.
But then
He never had
To navigate
The difficult tides of space
As I did.
My wish is for your happiness now
In this new time.
For who so deserves it
More than the sweet
Lilly of my Dreams?
Whose garden I have tended
And caused to bloom
To radiance and sweet perfection.
What gardener will not love you now?
Who can resist your selfless love
When you have so much to give,
When you give so well?
It is a new time now.
Let us ask the Universe
To make it blessed for us.
Oh Sister mine!
Your brother loves you still
In this new time.
Be happy and be loved
Forever.
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