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Stars shine the brighter
reflected in deep ocean pools,
pulling tides to celestial whim

and delirious mariners
trapped by the wave’s bittersweet song of drowning
cast their eyes endlessly starward
vainly to unravel the majesty of water

Far easier to plot a fateful course through futures unseen,
divine the nature of two souls
battered and bound in love and broken by oceans
than to hold the sea
in your arms.

There is only my love for the sea

I wake washed ashore from fathomless sea dreams
dazed and disorientated
not knowing and
not wanting know to know
to what land have I drifted

i had a dream
i was making you a coffee
your daughter was there
we’ve been on holiday in jamaica
she said
the trees outside
are not as green as
jamaica
i kept grinding the coffee

its good to see you
i said, we talked about sailing
and holidays
we were in a ships galley
sailing over green hills

i woke up in my dream
and you were gone
it had been good
to see you

i woke up from my dream
it was a blissful dream
i woke up feeling blissful
if i could dream of
making you coffee every night
all my mornings
would be such sunlight