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In the middle of an ocean Lives a man all alone

Here this man kind of stays

His body like stone, but his thoughts like waves

Back and forth his conscience goes, rising and falling along with the tide

Open he tries to keep his eyes, but the rocking of the ocean makes him tired

If he closes them, he will sink

So wide awake he stays, seeing all the boats pass him by

Yelling every moment, but stop they do not

Night and day he treads water like he was taught

The monsters of the deep circle him

For they smell fear and sense his despair

Every day the monsters get closer, the ships further, and he sinks deeper

However most days he sees a lifeboat pass by

The driver doesn’t stop She doesn’t see that he needs her help

She smiles and says hello as he floats

Then off she goes, back to take on her own waves

That’s what keeps him afloat, the thought of her drifting by

Even though he is struggling, for her he will endure the pain and smile

But still the monsters are nearing him, he knows his end is soon

The storm clouds in the distance bring on disaster

She doesn’t show that day

The beasts circle faster

His heart beat slows

This is the end he knows

The rain comes down, it won’t stop pouring

Sadly with the birds he won’t be soaring

But with the monsters he sinks

No more will the man dream

The boats now notice that something was wrong

That the man wasn’t swimming, he was struggling all along

The life boat drives by one last time

She tries to throw a life line

But she knows that there he has drowned

His love doesn’t go un-announced

Floating were he once was

Is the memory of the struggling man that smiled all the while.