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ethome
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0 posted 2004-04-17 06:05 PM



Half a lifetime from the golden years
and the tides keep rolling in
and in the mighty waves I hear
their spirit calling me again.
Shaking sails and cetecean
and tales of yore unfold.
In the weeping wind my ancient friends
keep calling out to my soul.

Mr brothers deep keep calling my soul.
I hear them call when the sloop keel rolls.
Over the top I watch them blow
my brothers deep are calling my soul.
The big wheel kicks and the main sails grow
and my brothers deep keep calling my soul.

The windsongs play and the sheets fill up
and the brine is in my eyes.
I'm coming up with a roaring rush
the waves fall into the sky.
Cross the watery dawn the sun smiles in
and the blue-gray turns to gold
and my brothers deep and the restless wind
keep calling out to my soul.

Well I knew all along that we were one
where the sea always meets the sky.
The wheelhouse rocks on the morning run
now we're rolling side by side.
Over the top there's an old wild song
the sacred love songs of old.
When the trick is done and the run moves on
they keep singing on in my soul.

My brothers deep keep calling my soul.
I hear them call when the sloop keel rolls.
Over the top I watch them blow
my brothers deep are calling my soul.
The big wheel kick and the main sails grow
and my brothers deep keep calling my soul.  
© Eric True

Ain't doin nothin at all
Just answerin the call
Kinda driftin away from it all~~~~~

© Copyright 2004 Eric Lewis True - All Rights Reserved
Midnitesun
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Gaia
1 posted 2004-04-17 10:01 PM


enjoyed the deep sea mood tune, the feeling that I was listening to crashing waves bringing pieces of the past forward, to merge with the present
nice write, Eric

Sunshine
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Listening to every heart
2 posted 2004-04-18 12:01 PM



Oh, shades of Gordon...
thank you thank you thank you....

Enchantress
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Canada eh.
3 posted 2004-04-18 12:03 PM


Oh my Eric...you just keep on getting better all the time!
Love this one!
Hugs~

To have lived the dream of a love so true...
   is to have seen a glimpse of heaven.

MGROVES
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california
4 posted 2004-04-18 12:05 PM


enjoyed this one


passing shadows
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displaced
5 posted 2004-04-18 01:20 PM


and a beautiful soul it is
Martie
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6 posted 2004-04-18 01:25 PM


Eric

There is something eternal about the ocean...I can feel it in your poem.  Wonderful writing, as always!

VAS
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7 posted 2004-04-18 01:25 PM


Superbly woven, marvelous flavor to this one. I can almost hear the crew singing their ale song of lamentation.

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

ThisDiamond
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since 2002-02-22
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Michigan, USA
8 posted 2004-04-18 06:37 PM


Heard the chants of a lineage here...spray on the wind, echoes of forever.
Neat write.
TD

Suetang
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since 2001-03-07
Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia
9 posted 2004-04-18 09:28 PM


Hi Eric

This was such a fabulous piece of writing and I could almost feel the ocean spray.

Here is a little something for you "



Take care........Sue

I am in motion
I am blue
Love is an ocean
I'm anchored in you
- Shawn Mullins

azblond
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since 1999-07-01
Posts 637
The Steamy Desert
10 posted 2004-04-18 09:42 PM


Mmmm...I almost forgot how seasick I get as reading this made me yearn for the sound of sails filling with wind...

Let my words fall first upon deaf ears before a closed mind...

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