Castle In The Cloud...

Crafted by what was before,
And what I wished to be in store,
I'd holed up in that old ship,
Frosty, silent, on trip after trip;
Was it all here, or somewhere else,
Would I've more than the sea shells?

Each sin and expiation since,
And virtues that made you wince -
Memories worn by winds of time,
Some altered in penning a rhyme,
Made up each eddy, ebb and flow,
I could not stay still, nor simply go.

There was too the distant light,
Its source so wholly out of sight,
The idea of its warmth did amaze,
Yet, could it be an all-ending blaze?
I would defy fear, tack to that ray,
Till a lone tear would dash me astray.

Thank heavens, for your embrace,
Now I fly, voyage beyond my trips,
Wearing that smile on my face,
Kindled with the one on your lips;
I am in my own castle in a cloud,
Of your thoughts, hushed and aloud.