Passing Ships Poem by taxi poet

The days of my youth have long since gone by,
But the memories flood back with a smile, or a sigh,
They speed through my mind like birds in full flight,
And they are all just like ships that pass through the night,
Some memories I have are like dreams in my sleep,
And I know forever those dreams I will keep.

They are all just like stars that are shining so bright,
But they are still just like ships that passed in the night,
I go back to the years when I first went to sea,
And I was so young then, so happy so free,
I thought that this life for me was just right,
Now those years are like ships that pass in the night,

My first trip was a nightmare I did nothing but throw up,
But it taught me the speed that I had to grow up,
The ship tossed and rolled against the waves might,
With no help from the other ships that passed in the night,
But those years on the ships I soon learned to adore,
So many new places for me to explore.

There were big shoals of Dolphins what a wonderful sight,
Now they are all just like ships that pass in the night,
And the lands that I visited I saw more and more,
Of man’s different cultures on a far distant shore,
But no matter how hard or desperate their plight,
We were just on a ship that passed in the night.

Any place in the world was our port of call,
In countries so great or ever so small,
No matter if black, no matter if white,
We were still just a ship that passed in the night,
Each ship that we joined we would soon make new friends,
Never to see them again when that voyage ends.

It was somehow accepted that it was so right,
That we were all ships that passed in the night,
But the best days of all, especially for me,
Were the days that we spent out there on the sea,
The hours spent alone looking out for a light,
So we could stay clear of that ship in the night.

Comrades ashore they go you forget,
But out there at sea I’ll never regret,
Now I’ll always remember my nautical friends,
And the adventures we shared, whatever life sends.
No truer words said can pass through my lips
I loved all those nights that passed on those ships.
Taxidave