A Seaman's Delight

Love you both day and night The sun sets low, the moon rise high Love you still endlessly until God stops the tide. Sailing toward shore early one afternoon Skipping shale across a deep lagoon Hoping the wind would lift me up To the sky across the moon Rising high above the surf wave after wave Clearing my voice to speak a prophet’s verse But as it stands today they are often cursed Peering through a scopic lens my thoughts to cleanse whether my voice is understood or brings any good. Once it was a seaman’s delight to sail to distant shores reap a bright reward and then return home or continue to roam. Exploring for a western stream to sail one to the east back into the west and drift all alone ‘round the crest of the dome. Yet as the story has been told we waited for Magellan to cross the globe The rest were deterred for monarch’s gold. Egyptians knew the world was round long before the chance of the Renaissance glimmering hope on a prospering epode. However our genius has been sold disturbing civilization goal. Can you hear my crying? Love you both day and night The sun sets low, the moon rise high Love you still endlessly until God stops the tide. Hearing a buoy ring true awakens me. Luminous clouds have quickly taken me Projecting my spirit through the stratosphere Imploring the heavens to send a charioteer He will then transport my transcendental wishes and heed my meditation, my thoughts he won’t deny. The tropic friends of our seaman soothe the buccaneer The worthy pirates hoard their treasures and speculate that lost souls will soon appear. Phoenicians found Hawaiian shores as an ancient mariner trusted his instincts beyond good measure. Why is the modern age so cold? Let me uplift your weary soul till I hear you crying! Love you both day and night The sun sets low, the moon rise high Love you still endlessly until God stops the tide.