Sirens

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Nick Siepmann

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Lashed to the mast, splashed by the spray of the waves as they crash on the bow 
Searching the skyline, his heart in his throat as the wind chills the sweat on his brow 
The crew hold their course as they heave at the oars 
Deaf to the sound of their wild captain's roar 
"Turn back, gods damn you all, turn back!" 

A shape in the mist, a melody borne on the Mediterranean breeze 
The air in the galley is stifling and hot with the deepening sense of unease 
But the captain forgets all his terror and pain 
As the unearthly music suffuses his brain 
"We come, you sirens fair, we come!" 

The rocks vanish into the twilight; the captain is writhing and raving no more 
As they loosen his bindings they see he is not now the man that he had been before 
In the stillness of night, unable to sleep
He leans on the side staring into the deep 
"I know; for good or ill, I know" 

"I have no tongue, no tongue to tell this mystery 
There are no words, no description and no name 
The life I knew, a dream beyond remembrance 
I can no more return from whence I came" 

Grey-haired and old, many years since regaining the island that once was his home 
He still hears those voices in the songs of his son, in his eyes sees that cold ocean foam 
"Beloved Telemachus, this I have seen 
Gods grant that one day you will know what I mean 
"My son, that which we are, we are"

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