Uncountable Debt

Sat, 10/03/2015 - 16:13 -- bee_01

Why are there strangers over my head?

Wearing white and black but no red? 

 Maybe I’m just imagining.

I am a sailor whose boat is sinking.                                                                                                     

 

Am I helpless? It can’t be!                                                                                                               5

I had a plan to succeed,

But now I am drowning.

I am a sailor who should be swimming.                                                                                                  

 

Shameless, selfish, cruel to I never agreed, 

To which no one ever believed.                                                                                                     10

I was like a new born, full of innocence and sweet.

I am a sailor who couldn’t be mean.                                                                                                       

 

But there was the captain, whom I deceived,

I guessed trust was never meant for me.

But it wasn’t me but my greed!                                                                                                 15

I am a sailor who’s guilty.                                                                                                                         

 

I was the one who called him “dad”.

I wanted to scream, “I was wrong dad!”

But now it’s too late, sadly I now regret.

I am a sailor who drowned with uncountable debt.                                                                     20                                                                                                                                      

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