5759 Beyond the gates

It was not my plan to dive 

Headlong into the tangle 

Of your enveloping ocean, 

I loved you 

Unintentionally. 

You were a lovable being 

And I gradually 

Became a jumble 

Of emotion.

I wanted my wings 

To be barely caressed 

By the waves of the beach, 

I was never an albatross 

That insomniac spent the night 

Gliding on the high seas.

But on all sides 

Of the cosmos, 

The days flowed 

In undulating zigzags.

And now I am a prisoner of the longing 

To pass through your lime, 

Your sea, your salt.

To venture into 

The sea odyssey, 

Like the intrepid Sinbad, 

I long to set sail 

In unique caravels, 

To enter your kingdom 

With my galleon full 

Of pearls and golds, 

Cups and stars, 

Clubs and swords, 

With a thousand crystal amphorae.

I want to know what lies 

Beyond the gates 

Of your kingdom of great Khan.