Reef of Regret

Photo by Marek Okon on Unsplash

My heart is a sea cave

deep, deep I dive

in the absence of air

I breathe mystery

in the filtered light

of sunken ships

mermaids drift 

and spy the debris

a field of neglect

where eels dwell

in each forgotten

crevice.

Above, I swim 

without convention

each wave moves me

away from shore

stars fly in the night sky

an unknown tongue

I am no sailor 

trained at sea.

This life is a ship

wrecked

on the deep, 

deep

reef

of regret.