Nicholas Browning

Set Sail!

 

Formless sky of sunlit wonder,

Mending the backdrop, it sets a tone -

Providing the lost with ample shelter,

And bestowing creation a gleeful home.

 

Sunshine refracts from crystal spires,

Of clear water painted blue.

The island\'s jewels waving swell morn! -

Encased in a golden avenue.

 

Chordata benign, aloof in spirit,

Align and erect a display -

That countless men would plead to see,

On the coming hour of any day!

 

Air of salt, as if ecstatic to bring -

Fair tidings along with best wishes it sings,

\"Set sail, good men! The weather, it is fine.\" -

And all we do hence is follow that gentle tide!