Sentinel

Under the velvet sky I stand
Looking up to the vastness
Staring at the emptiness
Looking into the nothingness
And I feel cold, I feel nothing
I am alone, unknown
With nothing, without anything

So at the sandy beach I stand
Like a sentinel against the crashing waves
The shifting sand teasing my toes
Keeping tears away my sobs are lost
Among the winds of yesterday
Flown to who knows where
I am not there

Let the depths of the ocean
Take away my pain
Engulf me in its loving kindness
Grant me sweet surcease
From tribulations of this
Love I want for my own
Let me cease this breath