Wild and Free

There comes a pirate ship a-sailing by, Its shameless crew all wicked vagabonds, They sail the seas where’re skull and bones fly, From near and from far to the great beyond. Each pirate marked by ink upon his back, Will make their victims walk the deathly plank, Their lost souls are blacker than any black, To all the countless ships their crimes have sank. Yet should a pirate ever fall in love, He will treat his dame with gentle measure, Such beauty his heart has nothing above, Except, maybe, his lust for his treasure, On movie screens pirate is wild and free Not the feared nightmare found from history. Form: English Sonnet