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A Lost Sailor's Lament

I walked and I walked
I walked all the day.
I talked and I talked
I talked along the way.
With no one by my side
I walked the distance alone.
My eyes scanning the horizon
Of this desolate bay.

Five days I have walked this shore
Or has it been five years?
My legs grow tired, my eyes go sore.
Of which path leads where,
I know not anymore.

I remember the day my ship drowned.
The sea was rough and the weather had groaned
But I was a merry sailor with wishes
Of seeing nature dethroned.
The sea claimed my ship
And everything I owned.
Now I sit here, reminiscing,
Weary eyed and weary boned.

Its been a long time here
I need to leave
But my soul grows weary.
I need to sleep.
I do not know which path to take
Which to discard, which to keep.

But I am tired now
And I can't go on.
And I need to rest
It's been so long.
I close my eyes
And let the night take me.
Maybe I will find a way
Tomorrow. 

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