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New World,

New life,

They roll the dice.

Risking a voyage at sea,

Crossing an ocean to find paradise.

Lost hope,

Lost kin.

They trust the wind.

Drifting alone, once again.

Drowning in grief thinking what might have been.

They sail through perilous waters,

Seeking a home, a personal Odyssey.

They sail, just one of a multitude,

On their own.

They sail those ominous waters

Hoping to find a son or a daughter free from harm.

Some fail, and their bloodlines

Now will be known by none.

Most

Will thrive;

They close their eyes.

After a tranquil landfall,

No one to speak for those who don't survive.

We'll sail through perilous waters,

Seeking a home, a personal Odyssey.

We'll sail, just one of a multitude,

On our own.

We'll sail those ominous waters

Hoping to find a son or a daughter free from harm.

We'd failed, are we foolish?

Doomed to relive those

Whitecaps? They startled the

Night's last silence.

Life rafts meager and weak 'gainst the

Might of the squall.

The fate of the first born, left to the

Cursed storm's whims.

Births mourned only by those who have lost.

We're past the final momentous beacon.

Our mast with billowing sail, now full.

Hold fast, while angst and fear deepens,

A landfall is nigh.

We'll wade ashore from this gashed, buckling hull.

We sailed through perilous waters,

Seeking a home, a personal Odyssey.

We sailed, just one of a multitude,

On our own.

We sailed those ominous waters

Hoping to find a son or a daughter free from harm.

Prevailed 'gainst eternal,

Ceaseless, recurrent storms.

Lapping waves;

Peaceful, cool and blue.

The soft foam whispering lullabys.

Currents that brought us home to you.

Currents that brought us home, home to you.

Brought us home to you.