Setting Sail

This collection of poetry follows a lonely sailor, guided by the waves, the winds and the stars. In their solitude, they find solace in rhythm and rhyming. They are reminded of Greek mythology, wishing for a love like that of Eurydice and Orpheus, wanting to dance with someone to Apollo's music as Artemis watches from the moon. But as they find a love that lasts only a moment, they crash like Icarus out of their daydreams. With their wings cut, they discover themself anew as a creature of the sea. In the water, they find a love more like themself. Still tentative and fearing another heartbreak, they dare to dance between hope and hesitation so they might just find a harbor, a home, with their lover.