We cast off bow and stern lines
before dawn-
the ship edged out into the channel
alongside a stone breakwater-
Tinkling brass bells on buoys marked
our passage toward deep waters-
We stood by our stations
gazing toward the horizon-
Another day about to dawn
in the life of a seafarer!
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