Whirlpool - Abc

Abaft the beam the aberration spun Below the turbid surface like a pearl Commanding all attentions, overrun Dissolving as colloidal midst the swirl Encircled tons of matter as dissolved Fierce vortices, toroidal in their whorl Gesticulating with his mates, involved Hypotheses suffused the captain's ire Intense 'twas this anomaly, unsolved Just as a jester moon dipped to retire Kinetic phosphorescence flit the mast Low on the mizzen, as St. Elmo's fire Miraculous, a beam shone in its caste Now tying ship to sea by water brake On deck the crew were timidly aghast Pervading all, their need to undertake Quick means to thus escape adversity Relinquishing to flee that eddy's wake Surmising that the undertow would be Too close to e'er escape its pearly skin Unhesitant the captain plunged the sea Virulent, boiled the brine, he in its spin With sword held tight, defiantly above Xiphoidals sliced the vortex from within Yet with the ebbing sea his crew thereof Zeus in his glory, never knew such love. ~ 2nd Place ~ in the "Quirky Tercets" Poetry Contest, Nina Parmenter, Judge & Sponsor. ~ 3rd Place ~ in the "Abecedarian Contest" Poetry Contest, Caren Krutsinger, Judge & Sponsor. ( This form is called "ABC" or "Abecedarian", and it's also an Epic Terza Rima in Iambic Pentameter, with 10 syllables/line, counted @ HowManySyllables.com )