Marooned Mariner

Marooned in the island of loneliness Shadows of delusion confront me In a stormy sea, I got ship wrecked And the sea has robbed everything from me What unanticipated change comes over When people let one down What shocking realization it is To know that there is nobody around to care I am now a drying brook That has once been a river in spate A deflated balloon, unable to soar high A blind bird that cannot see a dawn Nor sing a song to wake the sleeping world I bear scars like the deep cuts On an ill maintained tarmac road Vacantly I look into the far horizon When the broken shards of moonlight Paint pictures of dark demons around me As a bird that with nightfall returns To a tree to call out its solitude to the stars I sit here alone, alone, alone, Not knowing to whom shall I call out! Will the stars keep me company? Tomorrow should I go into exile or wake up With the hope that my pain will go into remission And my frozen inside will thaw by itself in time