Sailing on an empty vessel
Poetry of love and travel
Upon an empty vessel
Into the night we disembarked
In search of water to quench our thirst
And a piece of rock to plant our feet
What seemed an endless voyage
70 nights we floated on
A spring filled with sadness
Gave way to a summer burnt by desire
The young blossoms we left behind
As I drank the nectar from your cup
Although the sun loomed on the horizon
We became drunk with the distance
We looked behind to the stars for guidance
The sea air stripped me of my arrogance
And the smell of jasmine restored my youth
70 days we were delirious
Until the day broke the silence
A piece of land was in our future
A place we could embrace our very being
Into the night we disembarked
Upon an empty vessel
In the darkness we found salvation
As the tempest swelled inside us
Upon landing in the port
We discovered a new ship below us
That had been filled by love and time
About the Creator
Colton Babladelis
I'm a nature lover that tries to capture the beauty and darkness of life in my poetry. I'm also a sci-fi and fiction fanatic and am branching my own writing out into short stories.
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