we who loved America  part 3

We, who loved America (part 3)

Before I could go back to places I loved 
there were long years in the wilderness of hurts
I lived in England near Liverpool and married
lived in a new house and had a café
It was all there, I should be happy.
In a short time,  I lost my parents and siblings
the emptiness I felt at the time was too much
to bear, I drank heavily, and my marriage
to a fine woman, ended in divorce
 the
stability she had given me.
I was back at sea again and by looking at 
the unrestricted view of the great Pacific 
ocean, my restless mind found a balance
my ship docked in Nagasaki, I went ashore
trying to find proof of the devastation that
had occurred, but Nagasaki had rebuilt
however, I found a cemetery where 
Portuguese seam 1856, had died of the 
plague
as for the Japanese, I spoke to about the war
and the American use of the atomic bomb 
they were reluctant to talk about that
when this interlude ended, I was finally back
on a modern ship sailing between the USA 
and the Caribbean waters