For many years he sailed the seas
And fought the storms and gales
Becalmed in the softest breeze
Or rode with full blown sails
The coast of France and Portugal
Morocco and of Spain
Of Africa and Senegal
He visited them all
To foreign parts he’d set his sights
Sailed by navigation lights
And in the bars he would regale
His adventures and his mariners tales
Then one fine day he sold his boat
Settled in a port
Each day he walks down the shore
Along the Spanish main
But still within his heart
The wanderlust remains
He watches as the boats set sail
For new horizons they depart
With each yacht that sails away
A part of him is lost
In his sleep he’s back at sea
Captain of his boat
To push her on a following wind
Her sails set goosewinged
Across her bows the dolphins play
With the glow of the rising sun
Flying fish leap on the deck
As with the wind she runs
WANDERLUST
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