~ Isabella’s Gift ~


Sweet Isabella sing for me, my sails set with the dawn.
Serenade my heart tonight, caress me with your song.
Soothing songs to comfort, with simple words in rhyme,
Sung in warm melodious tones, of the very mellowest kind.

Fill my ears with sounds of you, my heart to overflowing,
So I may carry part of you with me, to where I’m going.
Amidst the ocean’s opus, I’ll hear your symphony,
Echoing to foreign shores, across the listless seas.

I am spellbound by your beauty, your unassuming charm,
Swaying with your mandolin, second nature in your arms.
Serenade my heart once more, in notes of soft reprise,
Allow me to gaze long and hard, into your lovely eyes.

Sing sweet Bella Mia, until a new day bids me go.
I’ll not forget this perfect night…as you have made it so.
A precious gift you’ve given, to a voyager of the sea,
Fear not in haste, my songbird, your memory sails with me.

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