Who shall notice the absence of a star when there are millions of them sparkling in the sky.
ONCE THERE WAS A SHIP, THAT SAILED THE SEA,
WHICH LOOKED LIKE A DRAGON WITH SAIL ON SEA.
IT GOES BY THE NAME OF SAINT MARY.
WHICH PEOPLE REMEMBERED FOR HER GLORY ON SEA.
SAILORS AROUND THE WORLD SAILED ON SAINT MARY,
SEARCHING FOR TREASURES BOUND BY SEA.
THEY CROSSED THE BORDERS OF THE SEVEN SEAS,
HOPING TO FIND THE TREASURES, THAT NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN.
POETS AROUND THE WORLD WROTE SONGS OF SAINT MARY,
HOW THE DRAGON RAISED ITS SAIL TO TEAR THE SEA,
AS TIME WENT ON THE GLORY STARTED TO FADE,
LIKE THE DRAGON LOSING ITS SCALES TO RISE AND RAID.
ONE BY ONE, ALL THE SCALES GREW BACK TO ITS PLACE,
LEAVING BEHIND THE OLD ONES TO TELL A NEW TALE.
YEARS WENT BY AND THE NEW MARY STARTED ITS SAIL,
BUT ACCOMPANIED BY A WORN-OUT TWIN,
THAT SAILS WITH HER AS A PROOF OF HER OLD TALES.
NOW THE SAILORS SPEAK OF THE DRAGON THAT SAIL,
WITH A HINT OF DOUBT, WHICH ONE HOLDS THE REAL FAME.
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Author:
Nocturnal Soul (Pseudonym) (
Offline) - Published: January 2nd, 2026 07:29
- Comment from author about the poem: This poem is inspired from the ship of Theseus paradox. This paradox is about a thought experiment asking if a ship remains the same ship after all its original parts are gradually replaced over time with new ones, posing deep questions about identity, continuity, and change for objects, people, and even abstract concepts. The paradox becomes more complex if someone gathers all the original discarded parts and reassembles them, creating a second ship, forcing us to ask which, if either, is the true Ship of Theseus. The central theme of the poem mirrors the core question of the paradox: If every single part of an object is gradually replaced over time, does it remain the same object, or does it become a new one?
- Category: Fantasy
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A thought experiment in which when does the replacement out weigh the original and become something new or does it ever. A interesting poem
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