Swept away on the ebbing tide <br /> I long to stay but I must go <br /> my wanderlust unsatisfied. <br /> <br />I go where the waters flow <br />(I have no choice I don’t decide) <br />The rolling sea has much to show. <br /> <br />Strange places where no men abide. <br />The frozen lands of ice and snow <br /> where human needs can’t be supplied. <br /> <br />Sunlit isles where palm trees grow. <br />My urgent need won’t be denied, <br /> there’s so much that I want to know. <br /> <br />I have to travel to and fro. <br />I ride upon the restless tide. <br />My ever moving friendly foe. <br /> <br />There is no place I can hide <br />She’d search for me both high and low <br />I can’t escape though I have tried. <br /> <br />She’s in control and she says no. <br />My mistress will not be defied <br />When she calls me I have to go. <br /> <br />Swept away on the ebbing tide. <br />I go reluctantly although <br /> some part of me enjoys the ride. <br /> <br />22-Jun-08 <br /> <br />http: // blog.my space.com/poetic piers<br /><br />ivor or ivor.e hogg<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/rootless/
