I’ve sailed a vast dark ocean

With other random souls

Aboard a metal vessel

Ticking one more of my goals

Sea swells fell and lifted slowly

Countless waves rolling past the boat

Blue depths below a mystery

Bright skies beneath we float

Time slowed and hid its passing

Flowing gently as a tide

Groundhog day repeated

Date line across our ride

Thump-thud the beat of life

In engine room and chest

Moving to the future

Ship sailing from the west