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Bob Oldfield

Aquasports

So now I understand...
Your eyes became too big for your belly
You wanted extra helpings
Of everything
You desired desire
And then submersed yourself
In its wash

You went swimming
Where the water looked fresh and appealing
But now,
Hopelessly out of your depth
And carried along by undercurrents
You call for help

Is anyone listening?

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Rain Forest Blues - And Greens

Artistic beauty
A silver arrow shoots
Swiftly and silently across
The stillness of a moonlit lake
As another fish peeps out
At a sleeping world

Dazzling entertainment
The celestial magician waves his wand
Across the heavens
Sprinkling stardust which sparkles
Falling against black velvet
Upon a sleeping world

Dramatic tragedy
Another colossus is brought to his knees
Dismembered unmercifully
His domain laid waste
Under the cut and thrust of those
Who, from beneath a cloak of decency

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