MidiMike

MSK 2-23-2019

It’s been months since we left shore
 Nothing looks familiar any more.
 The tropics and fair weather long past
 How did it get so dark and cold that fast?
  
 The seas blended into the sky
 As the waves are frozen in ice.
 A sun this bright feels bitter cold
 The heart burns darker if the truth be told
  
          I’ve seen the bottom of the iceberg;
          I know how deep it goes.
          You can’t judge distance by its tip;
          This, every captain knows.
  
 Compass guides us toward nothing
 Spinning, bouncing but never pointing.
 There’s no one trusted at the helm
 Of a sudden lost far beyond the realm.               
             
 Never lived under clouds this weird
 Sweat instantly frozen in my beard.
 Your cries are lost behind a smile
 Deeper still with each swallowed mile.
  
          I’ve seen the bottom of the iceberg;
          I know how deep it goes.
          You can’t judge distance by its tip;
          This, every captain knows.
  
 It’s been months since we left shore
 Nothing looks familiar any more.
 The tropics and fair weather long past
 How did it get so dark and cold that fast?
  
 Here we are and I love you still.
 No strength; no hope; no will.
 Here we are and you can’t let go
 Never see; never believe; never know.
  
 Never see; never believe; never know.