SAILOR FOR SALE
I am a sailor of my mind...
Up for sale, you will find.
Nights of voyage in my head.
Boarding ships of pink and red,
I bottle down in my unwind.
During the next day of dawning,
I am washed up in its morning...
On an island and its beach.
By nightfall, within my reach...
Another ship - as if respawning.
Of my wine, I do not whine...
Its prior vessels in a line.
Each was taken on with pleasure.
In search of some kind of treasure...
Something, someone, to call mine.
This sees me go through the motions
Within myself - upon the oceans.
Seven wonders and seven seas...
Wanders to discover these
Or any other hidden notions.
In the real world, still a sailor...
This, I am - and my own jailer.
The prisoner inside me streams
Successively in silent screams
Of want or even need for tailor.
There would be no second thought
In trading some port for support.
If I was exchanged devotion
From a newfound love, my potion...
Portioned at least - maybe nought.
Co-ordinates and their location...
Or some self co-ordination?
The rising waters of my storm.
Will I remain uniform
Or can I find a new sensation?
Someone special - such a friend
Could bring my sails to an end.
The two of us - two if by sea.
Perhaps this is destined for me
If I bring myself to transcend.
Copyright © Matthew Tripley | Year Posted 2024
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