You’re gonna hear me cry,
in the morning
as the sun lights the horizon.
I’m heading out
and I’m never turning back.
This time it’s a one-way ride.
Out past the beaches,
past the tides,
to where the water
turns from blue to black.
I’m gonna go out
like an albatross
fishing where there are
no friends with me.
Wind in my wings,
catching all that I need.
You’re gonna watch me fly,
out on that summer breeze.
Way up high.
You’re barely gonna be able
to see me.
I’m going where
good men die
and great men are born.
So far past what I recognize.
All the way to the end.
I’m gonna circle wide,
looking down,
until I see what I need.
Then I’ll fall from the sky,
like a meteor,
and smash the seas.
If I can come up again,
then I will have lived
to finally believe
that life exists
this far out
from what I have been.
You’re gonna see me,
soaring like an albatross.
Wings full of that
summer breeze.
Morning light in my eyes,
heading out to sea.
DJR – 2023
