CAPTAIN

IT WAS TWENTY SOME ODD YEARS AGO MY FATHER CAME TO ME

AND TOLD ME WHAT THE WORLD HELD AND ALL THERE WAS TO SEE

IT WAS THEN THAT I DECIDED THAT MY PATH LEAD TO THE SEA

WHERE MEN CAST OFF THEIR LAND BORN TIES AND SET THEMSELVES FREE

NOW THAT I AM OLDER AND THE EARTH HAS GROWN QUITE SMALL

I FEEL THAT I'VE ACCOMPLISHED THE FETE OF STANDING TALL

I'M CAPTAIN OF MY SHIP, IT ANSWERS MY BECK AND CALL

AND THE ONLY SEA YET LEFT TO CROSS IS THE GREATEST ONE OF ALL

A SEA MADE OF AZURE BLUE AND A WHISPY COTTON CLOUD

IT'S MORE THAN MAN ALONE CAN CONQUER, BECAUSE IT'S HEAVENLY ENDOWED

C.K.R.

2/7/62