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Brothers of the Sea

 

For decades long our lives entwined

Through times and advancing years

Many happy, fun filled moments

Some sadly filled with tears

 

As young lads in the summer

We spent our time at play

Sailing boats and catching fish

Sure signs of our future days

 

Our lives set out before us

School work such a chore

The seas salt water in our blood

Kept pulling us to the shore

 

The call of the sea was all we knew

Growing up as little boys

The family boats our playground

No time for books or toys

 

Splicing ropes and mending nets

Was much more in our line

Filling needles for the experts

With various grades of twine

 

Watch their fingers flying fast

Knives cutting out bad tears

Filled needles at the ready

To mend them and repair

 

 Stories filled our keen young minds

Of their exploits in the past

Our faces filled with wonder

Of seas so wild and vast

 

At last we took that final step

Going from the land to sea

The years of wait and longing

Now our spirits sailing free

 

What wonders lay before us

Of this we can both agree

From the calm of summer sunset

To cold winter’s raging sea

 

Our lives now drifting far apart

Now the cruel sea tried to sever

But that deep bond of our childhood

Would keep us close forever

 

Through the years you made your mark

You raised the bar above the rest

Skill and hard work shining through

You joined the very best

 

My life changed much later

A different road I travelled down

But still the sea held me in it’s grasp

The bond still firm and sound

 

Now our twilight years upon us

We can look back and recall

The vastness of all the oceans

With boats so fragile and small

 

Our lives still bound together

Now we have found a quiet lea

No more rolling on the ocean

But our spirit still sails free.

Jim Campbell