The Forgotten Isle. A Sailing and Travel Poem. ⛵

The Forgotten Isle

One summer's day, I chanced to roam,
Beyond the shore, far from home.
Through mist and wave, I found a place,
A forgotten isle, lost in space.

Its shores were soft, with sands of gold,
Where stories whispered, never told.
The trees stood tall, with leaves so green,
In a world untouched, serene, unseen.

I wandered paths that time forgot,
Where nature wove its secret plot.
No footsteps marred the quiet land,
As I walked with wonder, hand in hand.

The breeze was sweet with scents unknown,
And in the air, a magic grown.
I lingered long, my heart at peace,
In that isle's embrace, a perfect ease.

But as the sun began to fade,
And shadows danced in twilight’s shade,
I knew I must return once more,
To the life I knew, the distant shore.

Reluctantly, I sailed away,
With dreams of coming back one day.
But when I tried to find that shore,
The isle was gone, forevermore.

I searched the waves, I scanned the skies,
But the isle had vanished from my eyes.
No map could trace its hidden face,
No compass point, no starry grace.

It slipped away, like a fading dream,
A fleeting glimpse, a silver gleam.
The isle that once had called to me,
Was lost to time, to mystery.

Now in my heart, it lives and breathes,
In whispered winds, in rustling leaves.
A place that once was mine to see,
Now drifts beyond eternity.

For some things are not meant to stay,
But to touch our souls, then fade away.
The forgotten isle, a memory spun,
A fleeting moment under the sun.

Poem by Salty Pete of Tilbury, currently floating around the Marquesas Islands.

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