Temptress

Written by Murray Boy, a sea captain I met in Chester in 2011, rigging up the sailboat "Mima" to deliver to England, via the Azores and Malta!

She's cold hard, steely and blue
You would wish to know her, I feel I do
I've seen her worst,I've seen her best
I've watched her take my friends, to death.

I've watched her steal them, heart and soul
I've watched her make their blood run cold
I've seen them floating, all wrinkled and white
I've often dreamed of them at night.

She is a friend ,but still a foe
I've felt her tides run, to and fro
I've felt her current, I've felt her force
I've felt her thrill,yet she gives me remorse.

She fills the rivers, she makes them flow
From the mountain's crest to the plains below
As she and the moon bring stars out at night
'Tis sure she will give me a challengeing fight.

She'll beat me and use me and leave me for dead
And then I'll awaken, as she comes to my bed
She's given me faith ,on the darkest of nights
She's given me lust for the morning light.

She's taken my family,taken my fears
And all she's left me , is a couple of tears
She nurtures me as she nurtures the land
She flows through the mountains and grinds them to sand.

She's strong and she's bold, she's a temptress to me
She should be my wife, but that's not meant to be
I've seen her north of sixty, frozen and cold
I've seen her on the equator,where she sparkles like gold.

I've seen her on the west coast, and on the east coast too
I've seen her as deep as any man could do
She's given me , a means for flight
And she's held me back,and made me fight.

She's filled my life with soaring triumph
She's a lover, she will always be
She'll have me one day
Her name is the Sea.