starship ...lost

* 
* 
* 
* 
As, i

Continue

Sounding the alarm bells

The silhouette

Of the Arcturus

Making full steam

Its engines screaming

Defiantly at full throttle

Against the one certainty

It could not defend

In its last throes

Of magnificence

A blazing testament

To both its fine construction

The tradition of seamanship

Reinforced by the quality,

Bonding and character

Of the crew force 
*

Hitting the sand bar

In these uncharted waters

Places, i should have

Known better than

Pursue

* 
* 
To send... 
Distress flares 
is not enough... 
I am trained to do 
anything i can 
to save my ship 
alas, my best efforts 
seem doomed, of late 
a signal in the night... 
Set fire to a joy 
of an untold 
treasure 
making 
something 
strong 
so very strong, 
i/we 
watched 
grow so strong... 
Lose ...substance 
********* 
it's vigor 
withered away 
to next to... 
Nothing 
almost overnight

* 
* 
* 
as always, 
i've tried, my best

...to compensate

But, 
. 
how can i... 
.

Without

Your assistance,

Alas, even i falter

Before being resigned

To my fate, i continue

Sending distress signals

Skyward …in hope

As if to question…
Can a sea going vessel 
remain afloat 
* 
with half its hull 
destroyed 
* 
despite, 
the best efforts 
...of its crew 
* 
you and i

* 
are you asking me 
to abandon hope 
. 
No way ... 
Without you, 
i am just...lost 
a man on a mission 
following a tradition... 
Lost, on a tiny island 
near the outskirts of eternity 
left without, even ...a lifeboat 
singing, a crying song 
of an intense love 
misplaced... Hopes 
smoldering 
in its place 
a hunger 
and a drive 
to follow a dream 
find it once more 
seeing a shooting star 
hoping, wishing, praying 
perhaps, even 
learning, to 
dream again 
for a friend, in time 
who caught me 
at one of my darkest 
moments... Thus far 
taught my heart 
to breathe again 
following wind 
and sea 
reminding me 
to sing again... 
From memory 
even ...if in 
mourning... 
For a love, taken 
at face value 
which 
flourished 
against ...all odds 
in time space 
somewhere 
lost... 
Beyond forever 
along the way 
so, i cry... 
. 
C2 
.