By Starlight
Island in the distance now, lights fading from the shore Bleeding fingers gripping planks All that was, no more, no more Breathing now, just barely Painful heart keeps flaring Held on, held on for so long Unable to stay, cannot move on Storms are raging Collapse, deep dig, fall through All I want is you, just you Nothing ahead but impending sea Please, stars, come back to me Come back to me, come back Not ready to be alone! Can't we postpone, impart, intone? Push off again, once more Paddle uselessly towards shore Girl on water raft winding What used to be a binding unravels, shrivels and dies carried away from home on wave Held on for that one goodbye Ties to docks and moors, no more A sailor now, towards sea No longer a lover No more a daughter A new navigator, negotiating Stretching fingertips pull invisible bindings Finding wooden footing on a floor made of waving, standing now on the raft that's winding Come back to me, come back in