Captain and His Ship

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    Captain and His Ship

     Captain and His Ship

    I've watched the ships
    come into the harbor.
    On days of summer,
    and days of winter cold.
    Something about those
    Ships, that stirs my spirit
    Bold. 

    The captain walks the deck
    With a look of "Davey Jones"
    A nautical man tall and 
    Thin, with a half frowning
    Grin..he's bad to the bone...

    He tells his crew to take leave
    He remains onboard, he sleeps
    To the music of the sea, his dreams
    Are not make believe... But comfort
    Awaits for him on the waves of
    His retrieve...

    He walks the night at quite a pace, before
    The ship breaks to race,  engines cleaned
    And strong to sail, fine-tuned for salty...
    tempest wails...
    The time for sea is in his blood, in phantom
    Siege, and deck that floods, his skill, and crew
    Will wipe the deck, and make periodic checks.

    Give me land, keep the sea, it's not the life for me...
    Captain waits for his crew to return, to uptake
    Those engines to a mighty burn, I watch the ship
    In good time, off to adventure on the water's prime...
    Some will not return, the dangers wait with every
    Turn... but this is a sailors life, at captive hull and
    Stern.....a Sailors life they all will learn...

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