The Aimless Arrow

Have a man go search for an aimless arrow

Have him think for an indistinct instant

Of a life going by with a soundless thunder

Have him ride by a murmuring world

Through a smog of light-less plight

With a quiver of ageing hide

And a glass of sightless eyes.

When once he stood with a knitted brow

Decked with an impatient impulse

Of unclear aims and lofty planes

And dreams destined too deep

Upon his cavernous eyes, he had shot

An aimless arrow for the ark.

Not by his own will, nor his ka

His way is long lost, lorn and torn

Moved by earth, tide and whim

His path is askew, untold and unseen

Forgotten far away lies his mane

Flung wide awake now is his soul.

Time toiled hard to teach

When he lisped his lies to life

With his mind in knots, his arms entwined

He was moored away

From the song of himself.

Too late he has learnt

It's an uncertain melody--this world

Without the beats of your own heart.

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