There is a ghostly craft
That floats
Beyond the horizon
Carrying the cargo
Of all the choices
I did not
Could not
Make
The older we grow
The more we unload
Realising
There is only one path we can walk this life
And only so much we can carry
Certain people, certain baggage
So
We bid farewell
As the swell
Carries other parts of ourselves
The ones that did not draw breath
But waited instead
For the shake of the head
Before sadly turning away
Picking up their tickets of leave
Ferried away to the ghost ship
All those lives I did not live
Disappearing
*Perhaps that’s why I love the ocean so much – it brings me closer to the other parts of self I wasn’t able to give life to.
Header photo – Freemantle Port taken a few years ago on a trip with Steve down south.
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