Gerald Kithinji Poet Free verse

As I Sail Out To Sea

I look around me at all those happy faces
People that have come from far and wide
To bid goodbye their son-turned sailor
I look around me at all those smiling faces
And wonder if they or any one of them
Can visualize what is in it for me

I put out my best smile for them
And hug each and every one
A final hug, a final goodbye
For such it is for all but a few
A final farewell for their son-turned-sailor
As he set sail the fathomless seas

I look around me, searching for the one love
That could not come, that would not come
That would not bear to see me sail away
I look around me but all I see are these people
That smile and hug and shout ‘Goodbye'
As I sail out to sea, out of her sight

As the ship sets sail out of the harbour
We stand on the deck waving Goodbye
And as the people and the coast recede behind us
A tear – co-mingled with sweat, rolls down my cheek
And I know I must come back and soon
For the one who would not see me sail out to sea

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Vince Suzadail Jr. August 3, 2013 at 7:20 PM My one greatest love was the Sea. Navy reserve 1963-69 and 1978-2005. Still have the memories. Gerald Kithinji August 4, 2013 at 4:42 AM Sea love never die. If one ship fails you, try again, another ship! We have something- very small in common. I stood on the deck of HMS Hermes in 1967...when it docked in Mombasa for a month.

Cherie Thomas July 30, 2013 at 8:37 PM Awhh you have to cause the true beauty of it all is the love, that is waiting for you to come back,, and painfully couldnt see you off...touching write Gerald,,blessings xx cherie...