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It is a few months old as we just found out.
Mark and I were in The Argonauts of VA-147 together.
One of the guys came up with a pic that was taken on The Good Ship Kitty Hawk when we were on our World Cruise during the Shellback Initiation.
Here it is.
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| AD3 Mark Carroll tying his boot on a spotting dolly. The CO and I are behind him. |
When the night turns to day and the moon to the sun,
ReplyDeleteAnd you sail upon the waters you need and love,
And your hair waves in the wind,
Peace will find you,
Your heart and mind will rest and you will be fulfilled,
Look to the shore my friend and throw your arm into the wind,
Wave to the woman standing there with love in her heart,
Carry the memories with you as you sail away,
For she will hold you in her heart until the end of her time,
As you sail away upon your dream,
And the sea takes you away to your distant island,
And the years age her and time slips away,
Remember the love she shared with you,
Passions sweet embrace, and loves eternal call,
Words which cannot hold your sailing spirit,
The sea cries, the gulls sing, the sirens song lures you,
She will stand there on the shore,
And she will softly and tearfully say Goodbye to her wandering sailor
by a nurse...
I just thought that these words would comfort a sailor.
Norm
My condolences, Glenn.
ReplyDeleteThank you my friends.
ReplyDeleteIt is hard when they are so much younger as well.
Beautiful poem, Norm.
Always sad to hear the unexpected loss of a friend, Glenn. Shortly after the time of Lex's death I belatedly found that my college roommate my freshman year and my doubles-partner on LSU's tennis team had died that Jan. "There but for the grace of God.."
ReplyDeleteNo matter how we steel ourselves, virgil, it still sucks.
ReplyDeleteThree Shipmates this year: Lex, AO1 Ed Cunningham from work and now an old Argonaut........................