Sail on and Fare More

by JDilli1995

July 25, 2014

Drifting, floating, gliding

Slightly, slowly sliding

I fare more and on.

I sail more upon.

The great sea I fear,

Will pull me far from here.

And I must sail on

No more farewell,

Rhaid i chi fawr hwyl.

I shall fare again none

Only for no more than one.

Never on the sea to be.

I find it sails around me,

But on this journey I stumble

And the sea, surround does rumble.

I am lost evermore again,

And take my breath in pain.

The heavy earth pulls me under,

And the journey ends like roaring thunder.

Brave and tempest-torn men rave,

The mast and stern begin to cave.

(I, below wish them well.)

My light fading, I race to above

To no avail, I flail and fail

To you I say, sail

Sail on, my friend,

Where my efforts end

Saol: live on for me

And for nothing else, just be.

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JDilli1995

My name is Jamie Dillingham, and I'm 19 years old. I am a graduate of A.C. Reynolds High School, I live in Asheville, North Carolina, and will be attending Warren Wilson College this fall. I search for words in everything, and hope that the ones I find will mean something to other people, and perhaps help them with their life. I am a Glossophile, a Logophile, Anthrophile, and practically a Pantophile. If you like something, let me know. I imagine what I would say to people if ever given the chance, I don't have to speak directly, and that is what's liberating about writing, it's therapeutic in that I can say whatever I feel. I wish more people heard me, but that's okay because still, I am heard. I tend to let the meanings of my work remain up to others. --Oh, and never judge a poem by its title.

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