ivor or ivor.e hogg - Rootless

Swept away on the ebbing tide
I long to stay but I must go
my wanderlust unsatisfied.

I go where the waters flow
(I have no choice I don’t decide)
The rolling sea has much to show.

Strange places where no men abide.
The frozen lands of ice and snow
where human needs can’t be supplied.

Sunlit isles where palm trees grow.
My urgent need won’t be denied,
there’s so much that I want to know.

I have to travel to and fro.
I ride upon the restless tide.
My ever moving friendly foe.

There is no place I can hide
She’d search for me both high and low
I can’t escape though I have tried.

She’s in control and she says no.
My mistress will not be defied
When she calls me I have to go.

Swept away on the ebbing tide.
I go reluctantly although
some part of me enjoys the ride.

22-Jun-08

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