They set sail with dreams so high,
Yachts that skimmed beneath the sky.
White sails billowed, catching the breeze,
Carving paths through endless seas.
Crafted with care, with pride, with grace,
They danced on waves, in a lover’s embrace.
But the ocean is a fickle friend,
With joys that start, and sorrows that end.
When storms arise, with winds that scream,
Turning day into a haunted dream,
The yachts fight hard, but some must yield,
To the power that the sea does wield.
The waves, they tower, the winds, they roar,
And yachts are tossed from shore to shore.
Lost in the dark, in the cold, wild night,
Their fate unknown, out of sight.
A mast snaps here, a hull does crack,
As they disappear, never to come back.
The ocean swallows, without a trace,
Leaving sorrow in its place.
For those who wait, who watch the shore,
With hearts that ache, forevermore,
The sea has taken, and will not return,
The yachts they loved, the hearts that burn.
In the depths, where silence reigns,
The yachts rest now, in watery chains.
Their journeys halted, their stories untold,
In the deep, dark sea, so cold.
But the sorrow lingers, the tears still fall,
For the lost yachts that answered the ocean’s call.
In every wave, in every tide,
The memory of their loss resides.
The ocean gives, but it also takes,
A truth that every sailor makes.
For in its beauty lies a cost,
The sorrow of yachts that are forever lost.
Poem by Salty Pete of Tilbury, currently floating around the Marquesas Islands.
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