Sailors

Poem by Amelia Riley

Jul 30, 2025

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SAILORS

The best apologies are carried by sailors
in hands too calloused to house untruths
It is the silent touch in the violent storm
that sets my heart closest to ease

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Bear me through the hurricanes 
of my own restless doubt

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                                                     -Amelia Riley

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