The Anne Marie Gale

There she sits, ready to fly, to be free and take sail A beautiful ship, the love of my life, The Anne Marie Gale Ready to take on the harshest storms, the hurricanes The darkness and the rain, typhoons, and all the pain She sails off, leaving me behind, lost forever in vain I watch you slip away, my beautiful Anne Marie Gale When you were once here, in the harbors of my heart Set off to sail, and to take the wind, as I watch you part You are a beauty, an angel, sails are your wings of the sea, where behind your veil, You look out ahead, and see all your flags are flying, your sails of pearls are furled On your mast your colors, are waving you on to your destiny Here you took my heart, and now you are taking the world Leaving me a shallow old man, to cry alone and wail Where have I gone? Lost in time, with The Anne Marie Gale Will you return someday? And return to a place once home? Where I stand at the oceans’ edge in the waves, sand and foam I watch from the light houses, and islands, their tallest towers Waiting your return, counting each day, each second, each hour I feel the wind and rain pour through my veins, ripping my soul Taking my heart to the depths, into the end of times final hours where I cannot not escape, nor do I dare let go the ropes holding me Binds me, keeping me tied forever a knot, only time unfolding me Soon the winds of a gale will take me, and my strength will soon fail As I wait out my life in wonder of the beautiful Anne Marie Gale Do you ever remember me from your heart? See me through the veil? Or are you set free by your sails forever with the winds and gales? That take you into the adventures you seek, of The Anne Marie Gale A beautiful clipper, built from the heart of my woods, and of golden rails The storms of my heart, a gold jewel of the sea, the wind in your sail Forever I will be a ghost aboard the pure heart of the Anne Marie Gale,