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