Oh Five


Fall Of Oh Five, A Gale Comes Blustering Into My Life
Wisking Away Cobwebs Clouding My Ancient Young Memories
Turbulent, Tempestuous, No Safe Harbor From Her Storm
Filling My Heart's Old Sails, Casting My Mind To And Fro
Unsettling A Good Half-Century Of Deep Contentment Dust

"Cast Off! 'Tis Truly A Tempestuous Storm Worthy Of Sail!
Knotted Ropes Holding Long Safe An Old Heart, Cast Away
Awkward First To Leeward, Calloused Hands Remember
Tacking Hard, Chasing Storm's Destiny, Sea's Spray Flies
Crusty Barnacles Finally Scraped Away By Sharp Freshness

"Aye! A Half-Century I Wait A Life's Winter Gale To Take Me,
This Old Sailor, To My Long Awaited Davy Jones's Locker!"
Flying Jib Fills Full Of Temptress Raging Whispered Words
Gray Weathered Hair, So Darkly Wet, Flying With Her Wind
"Ride! Ride! Ride This Tempestuous Gale Of Last Hope!"

Fall Of Oh Five, A Gale Comes Blustering Into My Life
Sweeping Away Long Life's Safety And My Old Heart Alike
To Final Port Yet To Be Spied By Aged Sailor's Tired Eyes
"Young Sirens Upon Those Treacherous Rocks, Sing Not!
This Old Sailor Hears Only Gale's Wild Winds Of New Life!"