The Island (Reprise)

Alive, still, I sit in wait
My breath slows, the wind abates

The palms of the coconut sway in the breeze,
give the impression of being at ease

Never since nor before have I been alone
on the island I found, now called my home

My toes sift sand, longing to feel,
they find treasure beneath, still longing to heal

Dig ever so deeper! My feet did find
the source of it all, which is loving and kind
and if it were only there just for me
I’d know my own worth and who I could be

A bright, shining star falls from the skies
in a moonlit night, like a bird, it flies
discovering its fate, it strikes the ground
The earth shook in fear as I hear the sound

My eyes, now open, I feel the force
and see the star has run its course

I look to the sea,
full of life beyond me,
teeming with knowledge I never had,
understanding it all, the good and the bad

Take my hand, please, lead me along
on a path I cannot claim to belong

Otherwise, it’ll be on the island I stay,
until I wake up, and go my own way

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Read the original version of “The Island” here. You can also find it in the newest edition of the book I wrote twenty years ago called The Gift of a Rose: Witness to a Transformation.”