Old Sailors Prayer

[David M. Christensen]

Old Sailors Prayer

Dreams come to life driven by warm winds,

let these moments not be lost

like the death of a gull

Do we know this impossible lake

by the crash of it's waves

Do we know this impossible lake

by moonlight dancing upon it's mists

We are now like canvas birds

flying night and day... take us

into your possibilities

Run with us

Lake of wonder, help us fly

flying low, flying high

into a vision that never dies

Lift us night and day

upon these white wings... take us

into your impossibilities

Tack with us

Lake of prey, watery graves

sail us over, sail us on

gently pass us by

Lake of prayers, hear us pray

drifting up into a summer sky... take us

into your mystery

Reach with us

Lake of joy, Bird of prey

within are ghosts from yesterday

scattered by dawns bleeding sunrise

Clouds reefed inside old men's ebbing minds

take us on your wetted wings

blow us with your warmth

Take our beating hearts...

To where gulls return from winter nests

to seal the birth of adventure, take us

to soar alongside in wonder

Moor us to our dreams

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