Safe Harbor

A trail of a thousand tears begins with a single drop

a step into the darkness –

where off-key hums and half-remembered songs

lull the fear and pain into temporary relief.

Safe harbor of salty water pools in your eyes,

a storm-tossed vessel waits for boarding,

a sailor considers – tossed by fear

cast overboard by self-doubt.

Tomorrow’s light may never shine on this journey,

but for now it is just what it is –

undefined like the line between the water and the sky

hazily covered by storms and darkest night.

A trail of tears ends with a single drop

a step into the darkness –

where off-key hums and half-remembered songs

lull the fear and pain into permanent relief.