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The Song of the Fiddlerby, Matthew T. Borders The fiddler of life played a tuneHim and the fiddle of life under a harvest moonHe played a lonely song, the one of the deadIt went through the valley...

Sailing Down the Chesapeakeby, Matthew T. BordersTonight I sailOn the stiff back of a galeNever looking backSeldom dropping sailAll I have known is the lonesome seaNothing else has loved so muchAnd...

Cruising the Bay By, M. T. Borders Sailing before the wind swept waves Running on a favorable wind Holding a steady course at the helm Not knowing where my day will end I search for the bigger water...

I posted this on the main board, but I think that it is something that should be shared.  I had something remind me of this story today.  This is a true story that happened to me as a young...

OF A DARK PLACEby, Matthew T. Borders   When happiness is all goneAnd hope can't be foundWhen you've fallen in a pool of self pittyAnd with your last breath you nearly drownYou will finally know the...

Sailing Down the Chesapeakeby, M. T. Borders Tonight I sailOn the stiff back of a galeNever looking backSeldom dropping sailAll I have knownIs the lonesome seaNothing else has loves so muchand all...

In 2008 I watched my entire world come crumbling down.  In January 2008 I had been promoted to Sergeant and moved to a fixed midnight shift.  I enjoyed being a Sergeant and I was known for looking...

The final decree came today.  Last May I entered this tunnel, Today I am out on the other side.  I wish I could say that I am a different person but I haven't changed.  I am still the same person...

I was trying to write something about someone that I am starting to like.  I was looking at a blank screen and the verses started coming.  I guess they came out this way because I am still...

I think that there are a few people on here who have heard me talking about weathering a gale once while at sea.  It is an interesting story and it should probably be written down. I had just...

A while back I posed about being in the Doldrums.  I was waiting to get into the trade winds so life can move on. Looking at the way things are now, I have been into the Trade Winds for a few weeks...

     The light has just begun to fill the sky.  New colors penitrate the darkness that had hung in the sky for the last few hours.  The tiny white lights made by stars in distant universes are...

Just rented a house.  Things are looking up.  I feel divorced.  Just waiting for that piece of paper from the courts to tell me that I am.  Things happen for a reason and I know that I will be...

BLOOD HARVEST By, Matthew T. Borders  During your blood harvestYou reaped my pain like wheatGathered it into bundlesAnd trampled them with your feetYou stained the soil redAs I bled out every...

My Ex called me tonight and left a message on my phone and told me that I needed to call her ASAP. So I did. No Answer. I called her Cell Phone...No Answer. I called her parents house...They said...