six

i rack my brain
for inspiration
instead of courting
insanity. stars
wink a sardonic
kind of glare and
the pressure is not
exactly helping.

the captain dreams
while the armada
drifts into dangerous 
territory. is it
paralysis that
wracks the ships,
plunging us into
the dark waters?

one day the heavens
will affirm my wishes,
one day the moon
will bring me home.
i reach for the sky
not to surrender
but to contain
the amazing.