The Captain and the Satin Blanket

Everybody's gotta learn sometime...

They call him the Captain

He may as well be mine, too.

How long does it take for acceptance?

There they are--

Today's crew

A rag tag group of non-notables

Patrolling the vessel

This one will never win Jeopardy

This one has a couple nose rings

This one speaks 75% Ingles

This one isn't going to win any beauty contests

This one hasn't seen the gym for ages

And yet?

Yes, and yet

You cannot see beauty until you see them

Everybody's gotta learn...

They know the Captain

The Captain thirsts

The Captain hungers

The Captain dies...

When we fail to see the Captain

Everybody's gotta...

Be courageous

We shall not be at sea much longer

The Sextant is in its case

If we are to get lost

The stars are simply our hearts

Lights through the satin blanketed night

It is never truly dark

The Captain is not asleep

He merely rests

It is not time to sleep

It is time to pray

Everybody.

How long till acceptance?

How long till morning?

How long until the stars point to the horizon

Intrepidly fading into dazzling rays?

Waking all from slumber

But you still want to hit the snooze button

The opposite of the dramatic Sunset

Only few see the Sun come up

Yet we all want to see the sun go down

Because it is so easy to hide under that satin blanket

Hide from our tears

Hide from the nose ring and the broken English

Hide from the incompetence and incontinence

The thirst and the hunger

The spasms and the screams

Hide from the Captain

We can only hide our tears for so long...

But the Captain must see the Sun come up

Every day

for

Everybody

Who's

Gotta Learn

Sometime