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Lost At Sea

Once on a mission With a map and a vision But now missing Life goes on They sail on No help No land No food Sailing upon deep waters Watching the sharks wait patiently Circling around like hawks watching their prey On their knees, the soldiers pray Shaky hands Hard and cracked lips Skin covered in blisters Burnt by the heat from above Thirsty and hungry Tempers fly Desperate hearts Who would go first? Or will the sharks dine first A friend now a potential meal Or maybe a potential bait Insanity in abundance Who is to blame? “Who wrecked the ship?” they shout They didn’t deserve this life of pain and shame Who is to blame!!! Tempers fly Fingers pointing All hell breaks loose The weak ones cry Feet thumping hard The little boat rocks wild Just as the fists begin to fly The water gets in Everyone panics A reality they dreaded For three days they dreaded this Wishing and hoping But finally the water got in Sipping in through a shoe-sized hole Darkness covering every being Uncertainty shaking their now fragile frame What was beneath the boat? Would they join the ship at the bottom? Were the sharks still waiting? What would happen? Who would save them? Little drops of rain descend upon their skin Flashes of lightning revealing everything around them The boat goes down…Water! Water! Water! A huge wave approaching Emotions jumbled To laugh? Or to cry? No one was certain Mouths wide open in shock and panic Taking their very last drink Relishing the saltiness of the sea As the wave fiercely approached them And they drank Drank! And drank! Forever to be lost at sea By Sylvia Chika sylviachika@gmail.com http://sylviachika.blogspot.com/ http://sylviachika.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/sylviachikablog Instagram: @sylviachikawrites BBM Channel: C002F2845 Twitter:@sylviaoz © 2016 Sylvia Chika

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