Pirate Town Scarper

Another wave of letting go.
Time and distance
Wash away the memories,
And their absence and resistance
Solidifies my flight plan.

I’m not sure why I broke protocol
For an unknown people
Releasing intimate allegiance
Assuming a steeple
Where a pirate mast stood.

It’s time to chart a course
Back to places I belong
The stars are high in the sky
My sailors sing a cast-off song
Ready to weigh anchor.

I asked for safe passage here
But they thrice denied
I asked for equal treatment
And they brushed my needs aside:
There’s nothing left but the leaving.

They showed me who they are,
I revealed myself in the same.
I praised them for pittances
And why I stay safely contained
Is if they are the best

Anyone could hope to attain:
From this day onward
It is better to remain
Solitary as an oyster.