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Sometimes grief hits me, a thousand miles from home And I mourn you all at once My home and land and love I’m bereft at sea with no sight of you And as lonely as can be I knew you once In a distant past The warmth of sanctuary But as it goes, when growing old I lost you to a wayward breeze Now the winds grow cold and dark And I’m scared beyond belief That what lays beyond this great vast blue Is a storm that rages on and on With just a sunny day or two But still I sail and travel on As brave as I dare to be To find a final resting spot With no question of I love you and you to me All I’ll find instead, is tender loving arms That wrap me up and call to me A home of love and certainty I long for you more than I can breathe If I could call the universe I’d ask to trade all the years left to me If it meant a moment of clarity That I had found the place, The person That loves all of me Where I am safe and heard and loved and seen. I long for this more than I long to breathe And beg I will if I must I’ll beg you on my knees, Grant me a reprieve from storming seas A reprieve from uncertainty I’d give the air within my lungs To make a gusty breeze To push the sails through troubling seas For a taste of what a home might be I beg of thee . This loneliness eats away at me. This boat may sink beneath the sea.
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Feb 9
Feb 9, 2026 at 4:59 AM UTC
Grant me an island for my grief
Sometimes grief hits me, a thousand miles from home And I mourn you all at once My home and land and love I’m bereft at sea with no sight of you And as lonely as can be I knew you once In a distant past The warmth of sanctuary But as it goes, when growing old I lost you to a wayward breeze Now the winds grow cold and dark And I’m scared beyond belief That what lays beyond this great vast blue Is a storm that rages on and on With just a sunny day or two But still I sail and travel on As brave as I dare to be To find a final resting spot With no question of I love you and you to me All I’ll find instead, is tender loving arms That wrap me up and call to me A home of love and certainty I long for you more than I can breathe If I could call the universe I’d ask to trade all the years left to me If it meant a moment of clarity That I had found the place, The person That loves all of me Where I am safe and heard and loved and seen. I long for this more than I long to breathe And beg I will if I must I’ll beg you on my knees, Grant me a reprieve from storming seas A reprieve from uncertainty I’d give the air within my lungs To make a gusty breeze To push the sails through troubling seas For a taste of what a home might be I beg of thee . This loneliness eats away at me. This boat may sink beneath the sea.
Pey
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Feb 9
Feb 9, 2026 at 4:59 AM UTC
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