Looking for a Friendly Port

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Open Poetry #11

Looking for a Friendly Port

Wishmaster
Junior Member

since 2000-12-03

Posts 24
Luton, Bedfordshire, England

0 posted 2000-12-04 08:36 PM

I set my sails and sail away
My boat and me upon the waves
I'm headed towards distant shores
A home for me there is no more.
I navigate by the stars
I navigate my heart through wars
My anchor chain is no longer taut
As I look for a friendly port.

Searching, searching evermore
What's ahead of me, what lies in store.
Pirates, brigands of the lowest kind
Steal my treasure and rape my mind.
And give me up, left for dead
To the loneliness inside my head.
And still I seem to die some more
As I look for a friendly port.

My rudder has been broken long
My crew jumped ship and I am alone
I have a flag that refuses to flutter
No wind is blown, no word is uttered.
And silence is my only friend
As I look for a welcome wind
That speeds my passage until I'm caught
Still looking for a friendly port.

Land on the horizon, or so it seems
Years without love, they may be dreams
Mirages concocted by my madness
Surely, Lord, let it be no less.
A bird of peace lands on my bow
I'm nearly there, though God knows how.
To me, calmer waters my hope has brought
As I sail into a friendly port.

~ You cannot be what you want to be if you do not know who you are ~

dragonpoe
Senior Member

since 2000-11-12

Posts 608
Palm Bay, Florida

1 posted 2000-12-04 08:43 PM

Very well written. Love the imagery and emotion here.

With the word, I am mighty, with the pen I am free..
dragonpoe

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

2 posted 2000-12-04 08:47 PM

Wishmaster, this was wonderful...yes...that's the word...

Karilea
If I whisper, will you listen?...
I would rather be silent and write, than speak loudly and be bound.
KRJ

Nan

Administrator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

3 posted 2000-12-04 10:05 PM

There's always a friendly port out there... just gotta find it is all... I like your style, Wishmaster..

[This message has been edited by Nan (edited 12-04-2000).]

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