Thank you, Otis Redding, for the inspiration        
I hope you all
enjoy it and thank you for your time!



The ships rolled in, rolled away again
on the edge of the dock, I sat.
Kickin' wasted time and
storybook rhyme
tucked my hair up under my hat.
Curled up Dockers and a cotton T
sunlight moving over me
I rocked there to and fro
you know,
to a bit of poetry.

Well, I tasted heaven ummm
that day
every cloud was meant for me
oh yes, every cloud, every shape
spelled joy
a joy
drifting over me.

Sure, why not.  I had arrived!
Safe and sound
on the wings of chance.
A thousand
miles from my home
On the trail of a tide
and romance.

A moonlight blessing
was a comin' soon
reinventing all my dreams
So I had to make room,
more room you see
for
everything in between.

Go on, find your soul,
it's alive
no doubt
give yourself some room to breathe
Shake your tail from off that
dusty road
sit a spell, before you leave.

I've done what I've done the hard way
livin' and fightin' through hell
now my soul is landed here
oh, the stories I could tell!

Someday a man will lift me higher
oh God, I hope it's soon!
come 'round to the other side
of my heart
hold it, stroke it, make me swoon!

Open a door for me,
bring me a rose
or just
carry me for a time
(in muscular arms please        
but for right now…darlin'
sit right next to me
let's hold hands
and forget the rhyme.