If your body is a vessel

from which your spirit 

will live on,

then I will love that vessel

until its spirit's gone.

I will worship it and treat it

with the deepest of respect

never taking it for granted

taking care it's never wrecked.

As its captain I won't ground it

on a wild and rocky shore

or steer through stormy seas

where it may fall apart and more.

I won't maroon it on an Island

and leave it lost alone

for that would be a sin

for which I can't atone.

Your body is a vessel

of the sleekest, finest kind,

with a gentle heart and soul

and a sharp and lovely mind.

It's an extraordinary vessel

with a spirit that can't die

that I never would abandon

and why would I ever try?