ABANDONED

 

 

A stranded boat

back to the shore

anchored to an iron bar

swaying afloat without an oar

 

to the commands

of dreadful waves

the cold undercurrents

freezing its grave

 

the barren sand

giving it a blotch

the tower light

focusing the notch

 

its reflection in water

leaves no illusion

moon the only saviour,

shadow no more a companion

 

reef and shoal

now only anchors

dusty, dried leaves

its only riders

 

no one to empathise 

with her burning desire

to break the shackle

to sail back to deep-water

 

a rescuer is