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On Land or Set Sail
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On Land or Set Sail |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) 
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Afloat on a bearing You sigh in my ear "When our journey is finished Let us both disappear" Time was an anchor And need was our sail Wind swirled as love does And stormed down a gale Your eyes filled with water And busied the deck I woke up beside you Our ship was a wreck Time sunk to seafloor And need was aloft Wind swirled as love does Your fingers so soft I lay down beside you And rebuild our life Our island is christened “A Husband and Wife” An island is found From passion within To chart out a course A new life comes in The anchor is eaten By algae and rust And soon time appears As nothing but dust Our island will stand For its fire from below That made us consumed us So stronger to grow A ship is a vessel Synthetic to sail But God gave us His Wind Through Him we won’t fail We have a new island Let’s go in and play I see you there swimming Farther away The current of our love Should pull you to shore But I can’t be certain You won’t find the sea floor By anchor I bind you And I gather some trees My ship will be stronger Than any cool breeze So we sail from this island But never apart The heat from our passion Spits lava from heart The creak of the timber We’re soul mates together In good times and bad times The Wind and the weather Our ship would not splinter It’s winter it’s warm As long as we live We’ll weather the storm Our island is flooded Our ship must set sail Wind swirls as love does And storms down a gale Life is a vessel On land or set sail So God gave us His Wind To love and prevail ------------------- p.s. When I started writing this I had 102 temp but by the end I feel fine. Guess that's why its so long. [This message has been edited by wayoutwalt (edited 05-16-2001).] |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
You have traced loves path well here...rough seas and all...perfect guy |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
Wonderfully said.... regards, Sudhir |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Glad you're feeling better waltie! And I should thank elisa for inspiring you once again as well...methinks she is YOUR anchor!  wonderful, and I thought that fevered tone was LOVE, baby!  |
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cruz Member
since 2000-07-18
Posts 282Dallas,Texas USA |
this one flows quite nicely like that current of your love. i think its perfect in length, anything less would be uncivilized territory. great write that gives me serene thoughts. |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Very beautiful loving poem, Walt! |
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