The Calling
In years gone by, far to the north,
I heard a voice from the sea
Soothing and stirring my heart it whispered,
“You can stay here with me”
Yet caught in a dream I turned away,
To seek life long and free.
Many months after I ventured south,
I heard the voice from the sea
Baffling and battering my mind it beckoned,
“Time to come back to me”
Still lost in my vision I kept to the path,
To seek life long and free.
A year crept past as I wandered east,
And still the voice from the sea
Tested and twisted my will as it pleaded,
“Please, return to me”
But steeling myself I carried on forth,
To seek life long and free.
The years ran by as I roamed the west,
Oh! How that voice from the sea
Ripped and rended my soul as it begged,
“Please, please come back to me”
Blind to my senses I stumbled ahead,
To seek life long and free.
Many lives later, I write here to say,
I’ve lost that voice from the sea
Like vanishing foam in azure waves,
It released my life to me
And I'll always weep for the calling I lost,
In seeking life long and free.
