Endless Sea

I want to follow the river down to the endless sea

Where perhaps I'll discover a finer version of me

One that won’t turn her back on a friend...

How that came to pass I hardly comprehend

But with my failing health, I scarcely had a choice

As each hoarded scrap of energy gave cause to rejoice.

With this pain, fatigue and constant cough in my chest

All I seem to manage is solitude and rest

I’ll find a room with windows on three sides

Where I’ll watch the falling rain and the crashing tides

Settled in this unknown place, I’ll let no one down

I’ll be a reclusive eccentric in a borrowed town

But as my body slows, my brain still runs fast

Contemplating the present, the future and the past

Seeing all my dreams etched in panes of frost

Those achieved, and others that were lost

And I’ll make peace with this strange destiny

At the mouth of the river, beside the endless sea