Sirens - by Ed Covannon

^z 13th December 2023 at 7:41am
it began innocently

i sailed out

testing
the well marked sea lanes

and found
food and fresh water
and people
different
but still
people

with nearly every landfall
and answers

at first
answers to minor
questions

the treasure of the templars
the unknown dead astronaut
and the alien
the diaries of
phantom historical figures
like the daughter of jesus

then answers
to real mysteries

left in modest shrines
easily visible
from the sea
but you have to sail
out of sight
of the last island
first
and none are shown
on maps
for some
reason

each draws me
further
out
though i feel guilty
not loading my boat
and wending my way
back

still

today i found the gnostic bible
and nearby
a note left by John Nash
"welcome home"
with the grand
reconciliation
quantum relativity
scrawled beneath
in a single line of symbols

i think i hear
a bird's song
and to the worlds rim
an aurora
undulates above
a rainbow shimmering
ocean

^z - 2015-06-22