My Journey

As I float in my raft in this ocean of life
The vast expanse ahead causes me strife

I feel lost with no markers to guide me,
but wait… In the swirling haze, I see

Post after post emerging, guiding me somewhere
But the posts are they real? I utter a prayer.

As I approach, they change again and again
New ones appear and disappear, so strange

I look around and hoards of rafts with people I see
All drifting and wafting in this choppy sea

They disappear and reappear
Or so it seems to me, so queer

In the far distant horizon, I see a shining light
A beacon? a sign? A goal? An end in sight?

Is this where I should be heading?
Is this my purpose, my meaning?

Then, I see many more shining lights appearing
Which one should I follow, which has meaning?

As I lay there thinking about "meaning"
The sky overhead, with birds, keeps filling

Flying towards the light and disappearing
Appearing, disappearing, appearing, disappearing

My boat starts lurching, and I lose my balance
I fall into the sea, which becomes calm in silence

It is dark, and I am now seemingly nowhere,
But I feel that surely I must be somewhere

I am now neither here nor there
I am nowhere, yet I am somewhere


Am I something or nothing
I feel nothing, but I know everything
Everything is ultimately nothing
And in nothing, there is everything