in the deepest of my deep dreams

I shall take my little dream boat

away and away from the earth

I shall gently slowly surely float

outwards in between the planets

I shall haul and jib tack and run

setting my sheets to catch in full

the wind streaming off  the sun

past the outer giant’s shining rings

to the very edge of solar space

my little boat will gather speed

and ever faster I will surely race

riding with the giants

that swim the vacuum seas

the whales of space that

travel with greatest ease

to the end of the universe

along their timeless track

leading to eternity

then curving back

past that little star

insignificant in space

that makes the life

on my birth place

past the little shining ball of blue

the very near despoiled earth

take one last look

for what its worth

ashes to ashes

dust to dust

we destroy the earth

we were given in trust

time to begin my final

curving eternal run

to journey’s end

in the depths of the sun

my eyes wont reach

past the light that blinds

but I can see it’s glory

down deep in my mind

little boat will take me

surely to my sleep

through the fringing oceans

into that solar deep

sense the glory fading

slowly from mind sight

as I gently sink

into that endless night

serenaded by the whales

giving me their song

perhaps they are saying

in leaving I belong