The Pirates Life

He stands upon the salty,slippery deck, Yelling yaargh matey , with a halfhearted pirate drawl. He's not to impressed with himself, not an eyepatch or wooden leg, not even a hooked claw. The parrot on his shoulder, is a wannabee, a sparrow that fell from the Crowsnest, from high up above. It has no quips ,or spikes, or pirate quotes, just nesting on his shoulder with birdly kind of love. Aye captain the crew responds, snapping to their chores. Tend the wheel ,lash the mainsail, take the soundings less we hit a reef. The sea going life is not for every man, walking the plank,storms and rickets. Crabs in your knickers , really give you grief. Aah but when the wind fills the sails to bursting, yards of canvas strain to be free. And the ropes play ,sea going music of a tension melody. A song that captures every young buccaneers heart , and soul and fancy. For the music of the wanderers life, an endless expanse of blue, bravehearts and fearless men find, quite a bit too chancy. Black Beard,Yellow Beard, the famous Captain Blood, were all fearless pirates of their day. He truly knows that he can be, a great one too. If he could ever find that bleeping map, and escape this landlocked bay.