landlubber
once I was floating in the water with care
I was quite young and the sea was new there
and though I trusted it soundly
it tried to drown me
once I was sitting alone on the shore
I was older and the sea was only four
and though it was not so near
and I had learned to regard it with fear
it still found me
and tried to drown me
once I was miles away from the coast
the tide was a myth and the sea was a ghost
it couldn't find me
and couldn't drown me
once I was tired and worse for wear
I was too old to care that the sea wasn't there
I slipped on a rock
and fell off the dock
no one found me
and nothing drowned me