{"id":463,"date":"2025-10-17T16:37:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T21:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=463"},"modified":"2025-10-17T16:37:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T21:37:21","slug":"sea-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/10\/17\/sea-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><em>Many a little boy has dreamed of running away to sea. Here is one set of day dreams.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The sea, the sea is calling<br \/>\nLike the rhythm of a drum<br \/>\nIt calls each night and morning<br \/>\nI answer, \u201cI come! I come!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I come to find adventure.<br \/>\nI come to sail the waves.<br \/>\nI come to the harbor<br \/>\nTo find out if I\u2019m brave.<\/p>\n<p>For on the sea are pirates<br \/>\nAnd mermaids in the deep<br \/>\nAnd monsters still linger<br \/>\nAnd sirens singing in your sleep.<\/p>\n<p>But bold hearts always answer,<br \/>\nThough also know the cost,<br \/>\nOf fame, yes and fortune,<br \/>\nAnd to guard what would be lost.<\/p>\n<p>The sea, the sea is calling<br \/>\nLike the rhythm of a drum.<br \/>\nIt calls each night and morning<br \/>\nI answer, \u201cI come! I come!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Sea Song<\/em> copyright \u00a9 Heather Strickler 2025 all rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many a little boy has dreamed of running away to sea. Here is one set of day dreams. The sea, the sea is calling Like the rhythm of a drum It calls each night and morning I answer, \u201cI come! I come!\u201d I come to find adventure. I come to sail the waves. 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