The Distance

To long for the distance
To dream of new shores
Is always reminding
That life is so short

This fight in the mind
Like two knights of light and dark
A fight of this kind
Might be a life’s bouncing barque
Takes man away from a home
From a life of letdown and of grief
Away from a love
From the ones who needed to be left behind

Deep in the heart
Unknown realms
Deep in the heart

To yearn for the distance
To keep hope alive
Needs heavy persistence
Deep faith must survive

This striving in mind
Like two knights of gloom and dark
A fight of this kind
Might sink a life’s swaying barque

Takes man away from a home
From a life of letdown and of grief
Away from a love
From the ones who needed to be left behind

To gain a new life
Life hides
Deep in the yearning
To gain a new life
Life hides
Deep in the yearning

Away with the wind
From life’s turbulences
Away with the wind
From life’s circumstances
Away with the wind
From life’s bad chances
Away and away, and away, and away
Away with the wind
Towards the unknown
Away to the unknown
To the unknown
Awaythe distance takes man away

Takes man away from a home
From a life of letdown and of grief
Away from a love
From the ones who needed to be left behind

To gain the unknown
Unknown realms
Deep in the heart
To gain the unknown
Unknown realms
Deep in the heart

Life hides
Deep in the yearning
Life hides
Deep in the yearning

To long for the distance
To dream of new shores