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Home from the sea

The waves they pound a restless shore

With violent storms and tempests strong

Moonlight casting silver light

On shrouded sails as black as night

Of life and death and mystery

And a ship of death that sails the seas

These oceans are an endless tale

Of ships that pass alone at night

Of shimmering shoals that glide below

And phosphorous trails where dolphins go

There’s white foam breaking on the shore

And clouds that flit in moonbeams bright

A blackened sail beneath a breeze

A ghostly vision in the night

Of Philosophy & Folly

White horses dance upon a wave

And stars they guide an ancient hand

The sharks lurk down in waters deep

While deep below lost souls do meet

The moon it casts a silvery light

But is lost and broken on the waves

There’s dark sails furling on this night

And a ship of death no eyes should see

My father sailed across the seas

Saw many sights in exotic lands

He fought the storms that took men’s lives

And heard the tales from many mouths

Of life and death and ghostly sails

Of crews all dead in a watery grave

Before he came home upon the shore

Father saw the ship then spoke no more