Winter Sailors

winter sailors ride the swells
on chilling blades of wind
winter sailors must be bold
the northern breeze will ne'er bend

winter sailors hold their own
against the odds of fate
winter sailors cold as bone
their sails are hard and straight

winter sailors on the sea
they hope their course is true
and yet know somehow
it could be sad and blue

winter sailors sail away
they voyage all alone
their sails are set upon
a cruise they can't postpone

2007