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Trillium
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0 posted 2002-02-22 06:45 PM






Solo

Ruby dawn and an angry sea.
High waves that want to swallow me.
Why am I out here all alone
And shouldn't some old salt have known
A storm was brewing out of sight?
I barely made it through the night.

The race has started and I know
I have ten thousand leagues to go.
My boat is strong and so am I.
Though yesterday, I said good-bye
To all my friends and family,
Not sensing how hard it would be
To sail away, not knowing when
We'd be together once again.

I think that other craft than mine
Are battling the wind and brine,
But there's slight chance that I will see
A glimpse of them as on I flee
And only God above can know
If I'll survive my first solo!





[This message has been edited by Trillium (02-22-2002 10:58 PM).]

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Joyce Johnson
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1 posted 2002-02-22 11:40 PM


Oh you shouldn't be out there alone Betty.  But I guess we all have to sail these seas alone.  Joyce

[This message has been edited by Joyce Johnson (02-23-2002 11:07 PM).]

ellie LeJeune
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2 posted 2002-02-23 07:21 PM


ooo, too scary for me! But then you aren't ever alone, dear Betty, for He is with you...hugs, Ellie

A friend hears the song in my heart, and sings it to me when my memory fails.

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3 posted 2002-02-24 11:27 PM


You're right Joyce and you wouldn't catch me out at sea in a sailboat!!  I was reading about an around-the-world race that's going on now and trying to imagine what it would be like to be alone at sea.

Betty Lou Hebert

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ellie:  Thanks for reading.  I suspect every sailor considers God his captain!

Betty Lou Hebert

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