To the Sailor Beloved

Twilight on the horizon Red clouds in the sky The myth tells the sailor It will be his delight The night was calm and peaceful The day was beautiful and bright The myth was truthful to the sailor It was his delight The next day was quite the opposite The sky was red as flames They myth tells the sailor Take warning on this day The storm clouds rolled in The sea began to rage The boat was tossed from side to side Not a swell showed any grace The sea was like the devil His scorn felt in every wave To the sailor it told him Your life will not be saved The sailor fought for hours His boat and life to save The fury of the sea Gave him no lead-way Then a wave of great size Hit the boat with strength Causing it to capsize The sailor trapped within With fear in his heart As his boat did sink The sailor thought of his family He would never again see With little air remaining In his casket of metal and steel The sailor uttered his dying words To his family he loved so dear “I may not be here with you For I am dead and gone But in my death remember My love for you will live on” ©March 14, 2004 Kimberly Fluitt