Sailor in the flood

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Oh, someone I know 
once said so many things - 
 I don’t remember them as much 
 as the melody that rings 
 inside the caverns of my soul 
 whenever I’m alone 
 which has become so many years 
 beside a wellspring made of tears 

 and if you want to 
 you can find it 
 I’ll make sure it is out there 
 a light within the darkness 
 at a path that grows more clear 
oh, the longer that you walk it 
with my hand beside your own 
reaching out inside the darkness 
to touch the great unknown 

I love you, I have said 
without the meaning of the words 
thrown out in vain - but like a dossier 
it wrote upon my name 
and now forever has become 
the rest of my little life - 
I don’t want to find what’s comfortable 
nor fall in love with strife 

and you can find it 
if you look 
know it’s a replica of you - 
who am I? was never a question - 
we are the things we do - 
I still love the reach and overview 
and the years given to blood 
I will never be made too comfortable 
I’m a sailor in the flood

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