Like this for Ages

I salute the new day
It's natural to be nervous
[As of?] signs I see faces
I follow roots my finger traces
I've been meeting trees
It's been like this for ages

I salute the new day
[Answer my perils in time?]
Other sites, I visit places
I follow roots my finger traces
I've been meeting trees
It's been like this for ages
I've been eating trees
It's been like this for ages
I salute the new day

Ends with the Sea

Attempts to repeat end foolishly
A faithless mariner returns to the sea
Ignoring his own qualm, relentless datum
The landlocked mariner escapes to the sea
Booking his passage, coming of age
The listless mariner, white caps and pain
Silence and violence, personal islands
The crowded mariner strikes out to sea (respects the sea)
Defenceless and pedagogued, beaten and shell-shocked
The strongman mariner heads for the sea
He cannot seek out, (the larger and cleaner are) forced to agree
A mindless (heartless) mariner must face? the (strikes out to) sea
Anchors at a different time, in a different place
Anchors at a different time, in a different place
Heads for the sea
Ends with the sea
Escapes to the sea
Slides out to the sea

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