Posts Tagged ‘The Tempest’

Shipwrecked, Like a Heart

August 21, 2026

Shipwrecked, like a heart
Slowly, I will fall apart
No more boats on my horizon
Demise won't be at all surprising

Stranded in the endless sand
A castaway in crazy land
The nothing that is always near
Freezes all my empty tears

Memories will haunt my days
Rippling ghosts are just like waves
The premature and lost goodbyes
My senseless silly alibis

The painful past that won't let go
Oh, Prospero! Oh, Dan Dafoe!
My future sings a song of dread
My island lives inside my head

by Richard W. Bray