how the soul works
it has its quirks
its ups and downs
leaps and bounds
with a burning desire
to never expire
to remain forever
a soul on fire
18 Saturday Feb 2023
05 Sunday Feb 2023
just when i’d thought it was all past and gone
the shipwreck of my childhood came crashing back to shore
i’d thought that after surviving the initial tumult
and landing on solid ground
the world was wide enough for me to get lost in
and for a time it was
but once the sea is in your soul
you cannot resist its calling
so after many years i returned to the shore
to the scene of the original crime
and i found myself again amidst the wreckage
but this time the world didn’t seem so wide
and now i know what i may have always known
that it will take another lifetime
for the sea the forgetful sea
to carry it all down to the depths of unknowing
(partly inspired by jimmy cliff’s sitting in limbo)