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Call of the Sea

July 29, 2011
By Quint BRONZE, Mountain Grove, Missouri
Quint BRONZE, Mountain Grove, Missouri
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Favorite Quote:
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."


One of those good men of the sea
I know that I will never be.

The sea that whispers in my ear
The sea that I can never hear.

Not even one made from my bone
A ship that I will never own.

I am asleep, awake I must
But I cannot for I am dust.

That yesteryear I met my end
Something that will never mend.

By the sea I have been led
To yearn from my eternal bed.

One of those good men of the sea
I know that I was not to be.


The author's comments:
I really am not for sure how I was inspired to write this poem. Maybe it was some hidden emotion I was unaware of... ;-)

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