Vile snake has bitten me…
Sailing alone
Dark wet cold nights
Glaring hot days
There is always help I could avail
If I so intended
But this is a trip I took on my whim
I cannot ask more of anyone
What have I got to lose?
I do not have anything
Now that I am thinking hard
I remember something I could possess
Love
Love and support for my baby I have left safely on the shore behind
Now, is it worth returning from this adventure?
To provide something not valued high in this world
Maybe by the recipient
Maybe not
With the love I give comes attachment to this world
I abhor the fruits of worldly attachments
Or, do I really?
I started this journey to find a treasure island
That I could share with my baby
I made sure she was safe
Risked my life to get treasure to her
Somewhere along the journey
I lost myself
Forgot the cause
Drifted away in unmapped zone
So worried of losing
I act like I am beyond worldly pleasures
I am not
I don’t want to be
I am going to go beyond the horizon
I am sure to find the treasure I set out to find
I will load all that I can
I will take it back to my child
And spend the rest of my life in peace.
No doubt in getting the treasure
Now, the question that remains is
Will she be there when I return?
Maybe she might have given up on me.
She could have gone her own way
Forgotten me
But, one day, I am sure
Her grace will arrive
And she will hug me with open hearts
I might be her inspiration
Or a bitter lesson
That will be answered in time
Decision to reach for horizon remains mine alone
Based on the wisdom I have been blessed with.
Entry to writer’s island http://writersisland.wordpress.com/2008/01/05/prompt-over-the-horizon/
