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went out today
walked towards the river
that empties into the bay
then the ocean
smelt the salt and
the marsh-smell of things
pungent but still
invoked memories
of a time long ago
when I was young
the world was mine
I thought I would never die
I screamed blasphemy
at the sky
Thinking God could not hear me.
But now, in this golden age
He reminds me so, that all
that lives must die
but I do not cry!
I embrace the days and
wander the ways
long ago forgotten.
I sail the seas
and embrace the breeze
and remember where
I was begotten.

I embrace the river, the marsh, the sea -
I remember who I used to be
and I relish in the days of old
but continue with friends
in the now, though cold
and my life, I have no regrets
because I never ever forget
my friends, my family
the things that remind me
what it is to be human.
What it is to be free.

©2010, Jim Sabean