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rootless on sapphire seas
tides dishonored then begrimed
a keel eroded, relentlessly thinned 
barnacles disguised with time

drifting toward dark horizons 
battered and barely alive 
distant isles beg an appearance
pleading I arrive

beyond the rotting corpses 
mired and run aground 
anchored in the muddy depths 
the Sea of Despair surrounds

fire-ravaged rigging 
scared by flame and age 
fail to bear the sails 
billowing before winds of rage

salt-breached stores 
neglect to nourish my
bloated belly filled with spoils 
hunger pangs defy 

among debris without compass
stars that guided now gone
lost upon the derelict
no port do I belong

barren brown sandy isles
without an oasis or scarcely more
countless swells deftly erode
a deceptive sandy shore

dreams once charted a treasure map 
leading me to distant virgin coasts 
linger now in the swirling mist 
reflecting fading failing ghosts

flailing from the yardarm
I beg reprieve once more
in the distance lays the land 
of a milk and honey shore

riding waves of swirling crimson 
on churning deep blue azure seas 
surrender not to marauders 
pirates or itinerant thieves

blues swirl destroying dreams
hurricanes batter weakening beams
darkness reflects in fractured mirrors
as blues drift through sapphire seas

the storms are raging on the rollin' sea 
and, on the highway of regret 

Prompt Credit: The storms are raging on the rollin' sea, and on the highway of regret - Bob Dylan - Make you feel my love
February 18, 2020
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