This Lost Champion

The corners of these eyes hide blank designs There was never space between these thin red lines Now we speak in semaphore And I am reaching out again from ship to shore When it goes black with waters closing in You came in last with this lost champion Sullied hands that bear the acquiesced If I could have never felt this I’d give all that's left These white flags seem colorfast And now we speed to throw away the past No matter where the passion lives, our tears are pointless And I will show you now where heaven is But you won’t see this I’ve jettisoned the curse that beckons us - it feeds the abyss These tepid feet beneath the waves To ring it in with other gifts It’s black The water’s closing in You came in last with this lost champion