Voyage

1. My Captain, this message is for you
May it reach the deepest oceans blue
These words forever dorm with me
At last will they shine for us to see

2. Gentle waves of cerulean past
Caress my memory of you last
Incandescent are my visions of you
They kinder my heart and hold through

3. Your perseverance matched Poseidon
It cleared the sea and our path within
To raise the sails of hope and glee
While navigating towards destiny

4. I know of a time when you and I were one
Sailing under the goldenrod sun
Rays of glimmer shined throughout the waves
Reflecting unconditionally all that you gave

5. I know of a time when you and I were one
Drawing our dreams and having great fun
Our sketch was as free as our will
It was as sacred and pure as a child’s thrill

6. Back and forth are my memories of you
They rock impermanent as the ocean waves do
My Captain, My Father, your role was truly grand
You taught me till the end, till your last stand

7. Alas, the greatest lesson was to be known
The sea had brought us a gauntlet to be thrown
Its rage was unmatched and abrupt
It was determined to conflict and interrupt

8. Life’s challenges pain us mysteriously
Often ignored is how they work marvelously
They are the missing links to the whole
When seen they are what heal the soul

9. For many years I wondered why you left
Why you allowed the sea to commit its vilest theft
Why did you submit to the will of the storm?
Why did you give in and fall into dorm?

10. That night as the mass broke
So did we draw our final stroke
You looked to me for your final word
Though not spoken it was loudly heard

11. It echoed as loud as the sirens of the sea
The message solely meant to be heard by me
It was only I who knew the words of the captain
You had taught me to always listen within

12. Fear not what you do not see
Your heart will forever beat with me
Allow the storm to cycle through
Let me pass to the Heavens Blue

13. My dear son, do not fear
Though I am gone I am always here
Through your dreams I am manifest
It is in your hands that I lay rest

14. And so my last sight of you
Was of all that you were sinking through
Down to the depths of the clear abyss
To the depths of my heart in which I miss

15. Without you I did not know
Who I now was or where to go
The only choice was to submit
I looked rage in the eye and let it hit

16. Our ship was torn
My body worn
The vessel constructed
Had self-destructed

17. The storm was far beyond any rage
It took my Captain’s life as wage
Its beads of rain bolted fast and hard
Relentless, they pelted down like iron shards

18. Drifting along the endless black canvas
I no longer knew what to make of this
With all the colors of my drowned palette
Our painting was ravaged bit by bit.

19. Where to swim to? Where to land?
I was wrecked and at my last stand
Washed up ashore along with my pale hues
My only vision now were my very own blues

20. A child with no more mentor
A mate with nothing sent for
Why was I so cursed to be?
Without you here I could no longer see.

21. What was there left to create?
With whom was I to navigate?
Alone was I to redesign a spectrum
Alone was I to sail without him.

22. Many moons had passed in and out of phase
For too long I had fallen into a maddened craze
Idol time is the worst indeed
For it will implant a deadly seed

23. It roots are born of rage and regret
Its stems are sprout from what you don’t forget
Agony and Sorrow are its blossoming woes
And at last you are devoured by the deathguise of its crows

24. The only way to uproot this vile beast
Is to unleash your potential and say the least
Search far within the cabin of your soul
Reconstruct thy ship and sail towards your goal

25. Memories of us are required for foundation
Along with hate and love which is for recreation
For when combined they form the light of passion
Rekindled again they illuminate with fashion

26. And so I set new sails of buoyancy
Along with a new coat of seasoned decree
A crew of one, a captain for two
My destination was to forever remember you

27. Onward, Endeavor…merge once more with the blue
Eternally lit we shall find Him and sail through
No matter what storm or mist block our sail
We will pierce through its heart this time, without fail

28. Days pass and grow, just as the waves do
They turn into months, mimicking the tides anew
Time seemed to span to the ends of the horizon
When and where would I finally know you from within?

29. As I lay my light of question
The oceans darkened without hesitation
At long last I was face to face with the demon
My trial was now, my chance to truly be a Seaman

30. The black whirlpools hastened into dark vortex
Cyclonic frenzy was formed and cast as a hex
Symphonic violence wailed through the wind
The Leviathan had launched all it could bring

31. I battled through incredible gusts and rain
To stabilize the ship I had to summon all my pain
My love and appreciation are remembrance of you
With these sails I had managed to pull through

32. I had reached the wheel and grasped it well
Alongside with you, we would steer through this Hell
We held on with all of our intent
And with it back to the abyss the creature was sent

33. We had done it. We survived the storm
We surpassed what we could not long ago
The Endeavor emerged form the shroud of the storm
Ready to set sail where it had not been before

34. My captain, you had never left me
Though you had passed I was blind to see
Your lesson was elaborate for it had hidden meaning
To build myself alone as Captain was the only way of becoming

35. Your sacrifice was one of pure heart
Its bottled message traveled incredibly far
It reached the very catacombs of my mind
Though I thought you were lost you were always there to find

36. And so the Endeavor sailed toward a new guiding light
Among our tears of glimmer we would not get lost tonight
The Ocean’s Seven Seas united as one
Once again enchanting the adventures of a father and son

37. As the last stroke was painted and the final words saved
Our picture was complete and our legacy engraved
I hear you loud and I see you well.
My Captain, My Father, My All…I thank you deeply and at last bid you farewell.

Dedicated to my father.. my teacher, my inspiration, my guide, my spirit. I love you. See you again, old phoenix..