Final Voyage (Departure...)

Go gently now

Into the west.

Your work is done

You can find rest

Safe in the knowledge 

That you've done your best.

The sun sinks low

In the darkening sky;

The birds fill the air

With their evening cries

And land and sea 

Heave telling sighs.

Fear not the shades 

Of the gathering dusk,

Or wind that howls 

With every gust,
Or the creaking ship  

That on the waves bucks:

Your pathway is clear

And your guide you can trust.

Go, then, in peace

Your time has come.

Your race is over

And you have won.

You needn't fret 

Over what's left undone.

Pass on your torch 
To those who yet run

And who must still toil 
under the sun.

Breaking the Cycle

A charmer.

That's what you are.

The way the words roll like diamonds

Off your silver tongue,

It's hard to trace the end

Back to where you begun.

All I know is 

You got a way about you

That makes it hard to even doubt you.

You walk with the confidence of one who knows up front

That their lips have the power 

To give them everything they want.

 You enchant all the women

And bedazzle the men

Everywhere you go,

From sunup to day's end.

It may sound like I'm jealous

But I ain't tryin to throw shade.

I know the road you walk has already been laid.

All this I've known 

And yet I've learnt more,

But at this point, one thing is for sure:

You did a lot of damage; 

Left me nothing but rage.

And today I realise that this cycle's gotta change.

So, I'm taking a time out and I'm not gonna pretend.

It'll be a little while til I'm back on the mend.

That's why I can never let you in again.

It's been a nice ride but this is the end.