The Solitary Sailor

Neither tempest nor rocking wave,

Deter the brave hearted sailor;
Burning flame of passion to discover,
Desire for his name, history to engrave;

Many a times is he misled,
Many a times is he deceived,

By false signs strewn across the sea,
Disappointed, tantalisingly close to be;

Hearing a sweet song, he steers,
Atop a rock, mesmerising maidens peer,
But turn into killer mermaids as he nears,

The skilful sailor outwits the assassins;

The splendid sight of land gleams, 

Stirs a hurricane of emotions,
Alas! a mirage,it fizzles out into dejection,
As the ship breaks through cloud of dreams;

The eternal explorer keeps going,
Following the compass of hope,

To either rule the dreamland,
Or make the sea his grave!