empty boat

cast away
this boat
into the infinite sea,
go without oars or sails,
moved by those glorious stars above,
rising and falling
with those effortless waves.

and when you reach
that forsaken place,
with no sight of any shore,
cast away even that thought
of going somewhere,
close your eyes
to listen and feel some more.

for then you will know,
how to be this boat,
with nothing left
to show, hold or hide,
where your last defense -
that emptiness,
will fill every cell inside.

and you will lie there
in the arms of a wild sea,
singing her song
out to the world,
with the stars, the moon
and the sleeping sun,
and the whole cosmos, alive inside.