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As, i
Continue
Sounding the alarm bells
The silhouette
Of the Arcturus
Making full steam
Its engines screaming
Defiantly at full throttle
Against the one certainty
It could not defend
In its last throes
Of magnificence
A blazing testament
To both its fine construction
The tradition of seamanship
Reinforced by the quality,
Bonding and character
Of the crew force
*
Hitting the sand bar
In these uncharted waters
Places, i should have
Known better than
Pursue
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*
To send...
Distress flares
is not enough...
I am trained to do
anything i can
to save my ship
alas, my best efforts
seem doomed, of late
a signal in the night...
Set fire to a joy
of an untold
treasure
making
something
strong
so very strong,
i/we
watched
grow so strong...
Lose ...substance
*********
it's vigor
withered away
to next to...
Nothing
almost overnight
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as always,
i've tried, my best
...to compensate
But,
.
how can i...
.
Without
Your assistance,
Alas, even i falter
Before being resigned
To my fate, i continue
Sending distress signals
Skyward …in hope
As if to question…
Can a sea going vessel
remain afloat
*
with half its hull
destroyed
*
despite,
the best efforts
...of its crew
*
you and i
*
are you asking me
to abandon hope
.
No way ...
Without you,
i am just...lost
a man on a mission
following a tradition...
Lost, on a tiny island
near the outskirts of eternity
left without, even ...a lifeboat
singing, a crying song
of an intense love
misplaced... Hopes
smoldering
in its place
a hunger
and a drive
to follow a dream
find it once more
seeing a shooting star
hoping, wishing, praying
perhaps, even
learning, to
dream again
for a friend, in time
who caught me
at one of my darkest
moments... Thus far
taught my heart
to breathe again
following wind
and sea
reminding me
to sing again...
From memory
even ...if in
mourning...
For a love, taken
at face value
which
flourished
against ...all odds
in time space
somewhere
lost...
Beyond forever
along the way
so, i cry...
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C2
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