Island

Having broken free
from the continent 
some time ago 
I had drifted 
until at last
upon some reef
unforeseen I stopped 
and there I
became an island 
an observer of 
oceans and those 
who sailed upon 
alone not lonely 
for I whole 
took when left
what I needed 
and found what 
I’d always wanted 
my little place 
in the sea