Without a Compass

I don't have a compass

You don't need a compass

Clouds are on the horizon

The unknown can be glorious

Uncharted destinations ahead

Embrace the moment

Isolation carving the night

The quietude brings solace

I want to wake, free from the dusk

The light always follows the dark

Free from the dead charm of yesterday

Your steadfast search will bring grace

Navigating through the expanse is tough

Forget the beneath; keep the end in sight

The dancing waves of the sea make escaping...

Difficult? A breeze it was never meant to be

Miniscule I am, in the world, it all feels pointless

Miniscule maybe, but pointless? Never

The passing of dark days of the past feels distant

Though the water is wild, time spent, lessons learned grant you the tools you need

It still feels like I'm stuck, in a spot, going nowhere, the salty allure of yesterday catching me in its trap

Leaving the past behind is far from easy, but forgiveness leaves the canvas of your future blank, open to potential. Will you take it and feel the warm glow of the sun on the breeze, heralding a new horizon?

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Thanks for reading!

Author's Notes: This is an entry to both Randy Baker's Prompted #5 and the Dialogue Poetry Challenge. Very introspective, hopefully inspirational, motivational and encouraging.

The 54 words I used from Randy's text cloud image:

1. Light
2. Sight
3. Spot
4. Peace
5. Water
6. Horizon
7. Free
8. Wild
9. Clouds
10. Search
11. Passing
12. Compass
13. Destinations
14. Tools
15. Yesterday
16. Night
17. Charm
18. Time
19. Wake
20. Days
21. End
22. Uncharted
23. Quietude
24. Dusk
25. Dead
26. Isolation
27. Miniscule
28. Unknown
29. World
30. Ahead
31. Leaving
32. Steadfast
33. Navigating
34. Carving
35. Grace
36. Salty
37. Heralding
38. Glow
39. Solace
40. Embrace
41. Sun
42. Nowhere
43. Moment
44. Expanse
45. Catching
46. Open
47. Dancing
48. Sea
49. Canvas
50. Beneath
51. Escaping
52. Glorious
53. Waves
54. Breeze

Here are links to both challenge pages: