"Ithaca Eludes Me"
By Jennifer Joy Arend

I am lost at sea
My thoughts a cruel ocean
My eyes trying to catch the tide
Of overwhelming emotion

Ithaca eludes me
I forever search for home
Tossed about in misery
Everywhere I roam

I find no pleasure
In people or in places
No understanding stares
From these unfamiliar faces

Sometimes for a moment
A vision of home finds me
A mirage that disappears
Into the raging sea

This odyssey has become
A never-ending journey
For time and time again
Ithaca eludes me

Ithaca Eludes Me 2001 © Jennifer Joy Arend

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