Viola

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                Viola... a place where only I can go

           and only by a ship of the same name...

       Viola... is the guiding wind I sail

    alive in the spinnaker that she is...

  adrift under the stars spelling out her name

 gentle rocking lullabies keeping me sane

white sandy beaches tranquil and blue

waters of Viola... warm safe and true

 kindled then sparked she is the flame

  the light she gives off equals her name

   Viola... my muse in the black of the night

     the color of hues and the power of flight

       earth wind and fire her elements the same

           her breath sweeps this lush planet...

 

                          Viola...

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