We sailed long days
Long dark nights
Bathed in star light
Careering through the midnight sea
Lit by the phosphorescent glow
Of ocean life
In sunlight, blue sea dreams
Sung by a lone whale
Echo through the hull
Heavy water surges apart
Split by the cutting edge
Three thousand miles run
Across the planet
We five ride each contour
Lurching in unison
Each wave rise
Each sudden drop
Imprinted on the brain.
Ahead lie volcanoes
Dead, dying or alive
Around each a coral ring
Flocked with rainbow shoals
Blue, yellow, red parrot fish
Grinding out white sands
Rasta boatmen stream to greet us
Bearing bread, fruit and lobsters
Red green yellow Ethiopian head rugs
Cajoling with slow eloquent tongues
Parting with complex handshakes
We touch Knuckled fists for Respect
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