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The SOS signal went out yet again

into the vast ocean of uncertainty

Good morning it was to be

but the heart just sank

not even having time to put down the anchor

not enough to reach the bank

i saw it sinking

and it sank

oh gracious God, i know you want me to learn

learn how to swim the tides to reach across

where lies the beautiful white sand

where lies eternity,

but if i sink each day with salty memories

and chilly spine

just have numbness and brine

the warmth in my lowly heart might faze away

my faith, my hope might go astray

i would sink till the bottom one day

and never be able to rise

i would into oblivion , capsize

sinking ships are hard to save

they have already decided to sink

they would go down

before the moment even blinks

i have been the captain of many sinking ships

that reality is what my soul grips

i know not what makes ships sail anymore

i know not how beautiful is that shore.

a captain with a history of sunken ships

is not a captain anymore

no more flying flags no more uproar

so long sailing

so long shores

so long sails and masts

so long clear skies

so long over casts

holes all along the starboard

rivets giving way

battered keel

ships loosing direction, loosing its way

so long eternity

so long breath