Grace Vaughn | + Follow Poet |
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I am the captain

I am the brave sailor 
My crew mates, friends,
Clothed in sorrow
Like lost children
Following the nearest stranger home

I lead them with my heart
As we sail through the masses 
Of our duly colored peers
But the captain of a ship
Isn’t the best navigator 

I feel the pull of the crowd
As I lose myself to the bleak
And leave my crew to drown
In the waters of self pity and despair 
I leave them to the gray 

A monster lurks, waiting for it’s prey
To snap the souls of the peaceful 
To steal the fire from the fierce 
To squander and squeeze the hope out of the dreamers
To make us all obey, all conform

I was their captain
The peaceful, the fierce, the dreamers
They were my crew
Now they blend into the others
Now they all obey, all conform

I found a new one
A peaceful person
A fierce person
A dreamer
But most importantly
I found a navigator 

I am the captain 
Who saves lost souls from drowning 
In the waters of the dark and dull
They are my navigator
Who steers us to the next lost child

I am the brave sailor 
My crew mates, friends 
Bulging with light
Like the moon 
Through the saltwater of the night

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