I Leave Tonight

I Leave Tonight

I leave tonight
for a distant shore
for a friendly light
I have known before

that I understand
that I understand

With all I need
secured below
I know indeed
that I shall go

to that distant land
to that distant land

that I shall know
stars and water
at my command

My one ship fleet
is tugging at the lines
at my hands and feet
at these last confines

to be on our way
to be on our way

So I hoist her sails
in a compact with air
and if nothing fails
and her wind stays fair

I shall reach that day
I shall reach that day

and so I fare
'cross the water
and far away:

One small boat
on an ocean afloat
on a light

One small star
in an always afar
in the night

One small heart
on a wave to be part
of a sea

One small notion
to venture this ocean
with me

And as I gaze
upon that shore
and wonder what
I came here for

Looking at myself
I'm amazed to see

The wind and the ocean
the boat and the motion
is me

January 1998

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