DrGray003's Daily Dose Of Poems

15. Lost And Alone

Lost in an unknown land
Forsaken by myself
To strive for survival
For I fear to perish alone
No soul to rely on
Nor a shoulder to lean on
Only these two legs to walk
These hands to crawl
Should I lose the will to walk

I screamed for help to no avail
My voice began to sound hoarse
Thus I knew aphonia had struck
I could scream no more
No more could I speak to anyone
Let alone talk to myself
My voice is gone
And soon shall I from this world

I cannot escape the maze
Of the land that I wander
Where is the map?
I wondered still
As I went on to blunder
Every choice of route I made
Like every other choice
I have ever made

The land was vast
Wilderness as far as I can see
The sun was scorching hot
Is that water that I see?
What a fool I've become
For I drank sand like water
I spit the watered sand
From my saliva

Deceived by a mirage
And lied to by my own heart
I realised salvation
Would be to perish as I fell
My eyes could not help it
But be shut from exhaustion
Is that the end of my life
As I heard a thump-thump
From a distance it approached

When I awoke
I was lost no more
Not alone no more
Nor was the land unknown
Thus I knew I was saved