A Jetty in a Storm

when all roads lead to Rome

Mashup by Thief

I dreamt where devotion forms
Twas akin to a jetty in a storm
All roads had been roamed
Yet still they led to Rome
Could I lead you home again
By the high tides and gloam
Surrender to me as might Neptune
On a blackened sea alone
A rickety old jetty to occupy
Foreboding skies of war
The old jetty divides all conquerors
Yet offers hope to barricades stormed
And is the jetty not a barricade
A plinth — or honorable sword
A false advocate for all that is endured
Virtuous safety with chaos at its door
Tethered to a storm
Lest one keeps up maintenance
Lest one braves the blackened sea
For can the jetty be conquered
Does it really set you free
Dip the toe unsuspectingly
Becomes your slipway — perhaps to flee
Honor will begrudge unsparingly
Find a false premise seized
A bulkhead, a peninsula
Yet is girt in torrent breeze
Best one learns to float by it
And conquer seven seas