One Ship Fleet

One Ship Fleet Four years out (at near light-speed) from the nearest form of Terra Firma can take its toll, especially if you’re the only one onboard this inter-stellar freighter. I’m not saying that this is the truth. I’m not saying that this is not the truth. All I’m saying is that this song—as they are wont to do at times (more often than not, come to think of it)—simply walked in one day, sat down, and wrote itself. ____________________ The Words: My childhood sun is but a star for they grow that small when you come this far And from this dark within dark it's gotten hard to see for the wintry dust of the galaxy Me, I’m tending to my sanity what little that I've got I'm feeling pretty low and I cry a lot I was hoping for adventure I was hoping for a lot now I’m four years out and I’m not too sure of what I've got in the company of instruments that cast their light upon these years I've spent in flight I'm the pilot and the officer I'm cook and crew I'm the only one aboard with scant to do that’s why I'm living on my memories of grounded feet of days to rise and of friends to greet for in the middle of an emptiness a one ship fleet has little to hope for and no one here for you to meet And I can't even say for sure that I have not gone crazy for last I counted we were two and fighting for the things to do But when I sigh and close my eyes I can see no stranger it's just my heart my single voice my song my prayer that sleep may bring a friend along I used to worry about the cargo but the tether is strong no matter how fast I go it just trails along And there is nothing here to mend for there is nothing can go wrong ‘twould seem it's only me who is not that strong Still, I tend my thoughts as they ebb and flow and I write them down in their afterglow And I try again to spy my star in the dusty dark but I just can't tell I've come too far Ulf Wolf June 1996/May 2015 Copyright © 2015 by Wolfstuff