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Shipwrecked
Contributed by
thewizard
on
Thursday, 30th April 2009 @ 12:01:03 PM in AEST
Topic:
AmericanTragedy
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As we sail across the ocean
In the year, seventeen ninety nine
Cosy in our hammocks
Lookout on duty, weather is fine
Then the storm befell us
On that darkened night
In gale force winds
For survival, we fight
Wooden hull creaking
In forty foot swell
How can we endure
This living hell
The mast, now splintered
Sails, now ragged shreds
Cries of mariners
Aroused, from their beds
Man overboard
A shipmate falls
In darkness unseen
For help. he calls
Battered, pounded
Gale force winds lash
Blown toward land
Into rocks, we smash
Our vessel now wrecked
The Captain roars
Man the lifeboats
Break out the oars
Ship sinking, in the distance
To ocean bed below
Faces, etched in pain
Weakened arms row
In the cold, of the ocean
Cries, of men in pain
Lost, to depths below
Never, to be seen again
Our tiny lifeboat reaches shore
Men tired, wet and cold
Unknown what lays ahead of us
What will this island hold
How will they find us
Will they look
Or will we become
Another story in a book
Copyright ©
thewizard
... [
2009-04-30 12:01:03]
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Re: Shipwrecked
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by thezenmonkey on
Thursday, 30th April 2009 @ 02:10:05 PM AEST
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BRILLIANT!!!!!!
1000 OUT OF 5!!!!!!
That is a storm that I would love to see!!! |
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Re: Shipwrecked
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by Jenni_K on
Thursday, 30th April 2009 @ 04:15:27 PM AEST
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What a truly wonderful tale, Paul.... Enjoyed it immensely. Great visuals....
Jenni |
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