Dreams Of Fair Winds And Good Voyage

Dreams of fair winds and good voyage come sullen and often
In the still steel grey dawn of mornings land-locked.
Wishing for feet to slide on the deck of some ship
That carries me by the breeze to some far flung foreign dock.

With a sword at my hip and the willing wind I slip
In the stories of old truth and lore.
Where mariners strayed back in those days to fight dragons
And they live forevermore.

I dream of fair wind and not coming back again
True love to rememeber that is lost.
Fair maidens of blonde and the shores far beyond
to live wild and pay a heavy cost.

As I stand on the bow and hear her somehow
Over wave by wave league by league calling me.
But stronger the alure of of the oceaons azure
And the strong and sweet song of the sea.


Then dreams of fair winds and good voyage again
Tempts the very soul that is in me.
Though she tried with her wares to keep me soft there
Only love for the sea is within me.

11/24/09
T&C