Sailor
Locations
In a ship made of travels over endless water
I sailed in pursuit of the lonely daughter
Of pensive thoughts and drowning dreams
Swaddled in ideas that made her slip at the seams
The girl who approached the black water with fear
With a lantern growing dimmer as she came ever near
My task was great and my intentions small
Unsure of how to do anything at all
But a pendulum of light swaying like a clock
Led me to the girl running across the dock
Her feet bare and splintered like a childs
In seeing timely waters were impatiently beguiled
Jumping towards the water meaning to end
The broken passage of time she felt she couldn’t mend
She jumped off the dock thinking her time was up
She jumped away from dreams, imagining giving up
For no light shone and the air was thick with thoughts
She saw the Lethe and meant to swallow the draught
But I care for the children by this sea
Ones who’ve forgotten they’re made to be
Of flesh that’s wood and riveting bone
And sun shining on a garden overgrown
For my task is to teach them to taste again
Cotton candy clouds and bubbly champagne
So I sailed her out past the edge of the sea
To liberate her mind and set her dreams free
From the edge of the horizon that always glows gold
I gave her the stardust that of happiness foretold
And with her wanderlust sated, she took my hand
And off we sailed to save all the maidens of the land
On moonlit waters one stares out to sea
Pondering over their endless query
The sailor we are looking for
Pulls up in a rowboat by the shore
Holds an outstretched hand with the peace of a dove
Unimposing in demeanor, in all intentions to love