The Midnight Sea

-The Midnight Sea-
by Keaton Foster


A boat
Leaking
Once silent
Now speaking
Thy end
Will be soon
Out here
Nothing
No one
Can save you
The dream
Repeating
This nightmare
More reality
Then impossibility
I’m being
Tossed about
Upon
The midnight sea
The waves
Easily they come
Each bigger
Than the last
The sky is black
The sea
A deeper darkness
The tips of each wave
White
Clear and pristine
A message I’m sure
One that I
Don’t understand
The sound
All-encompassing
Quite engrossing
Everything out here
In this wilderness
Of absolute nothing
Is frightening
This boat
Slowly leaking
Quickly filling
With my hands
I still resist
But before long
Such resistance
Will be pointless
I alone
Sailed from the shore
I was aware
Of nevermore
I said goodbye
As no one
Waved from the shore
Into the darkness
I allowed myself to go
There is no rope
No mooring close
Just a yearning
To see land again
A different place
Than ever before
But for now
The midnight sea
Is all that I see
All that I know
I have made my choice
Willingly I have done
All that I’ve done
The dream
Repeating
This nightmare
More reality
Then impossibility
I’m not sure
If I’ll ever again
Touch foot to ground
I am not sure
If I’ll ever see
Another human being
In this torrent of darkness
I will indeed flounder
Always fearing
That someday soon
My resistance
With regard to sinking
Will no longer be enough…


The Midnight Sea
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2014.