-Eternally Lost-

 

Awash on a sea of discontent

adrift among remnants of dreams,

the surface roils with heart's dissent

but the darkest depths remain clean.

 

Hope eternal fills the sails

and love the compass guides.

Faith keeps one within the rails,

Pain the keel on which he rides.

 

A journey without destination,

some ten thousand miles to go

a voyage of life's own creation

whose end only destiny knows.

 

Now and then he spots an isle

and seeks safe harbor within.

True to heart, he stays a while

then sails out to sea again.

 

On such a journey there is a goal

debatable whether in reach,

to finally find a forever home

on that one golden paradise beach.

 

And in this endless voyage

on the vessel Eternally Lost

discoveries here are dearly earned

all innocence the cost.

 

goes the knave upon the waves

on the vessel Eternally Lost

Here and there, most everywhere

the tiny boat is tossed