Mare Nexum

This is a poem exploring solitude and it's isolating feelings in the ocean of life.

Where is connections bond, 

alone I am tossed, 

a raging tempest blows, 

desperate I hold on to promises, 

this drift wood keeping me afloat, 

crashing tides drown out screams. 

vulnerable I am naked before the world, 

chilled to the core and abandoned, 

where is north, 

my compass broke, 

the stars have hide themselves,

God hides his face. 

Staring in to the abyss, 

I hear its sirens call, 

that temptation for the other world, 

will there be an end? 

Who's hand do I hold, 

I am a child lost in a crowd, 

calling for mother. 

Where are her loving arms to run to, 

desperate I reach for anything that will reach back, 

I touch the blackness, 

frostbitten I pull my hand away, 

where is the warmth of another, 

where is the safety of loves embrace, 

I feel this ocean has no end...... 

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Ern M. Yoshimoto]

i was just feeling gloomy so this actually gave me a bit of comfort the way sad music helps you through a cold night.
Staring in to the abyss,
I hear its sirens call,
that temptation for the other world,
will there be an end?
sums it up pretty well. hope you still have strength to keep on marching, soldier.

just a typo: the stars have [hidden?] themselves,

[Dave W.]

Ern i hope you are doing better, sending good vibes to you

[Ern M. Yoshimoto]

@GlandaK glad to see you again! hope you're doing well.