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Deep Six


Decaying bones wash up on the shore
And it is the ravens who keep score

In their eyes the skeletal shape
Of the Grim Reaper who haunts the cape

Brave though the men were
The line between life and death began to blur

Blessed with Poseidon's wrath the sea began to rage
Writing the last chapters in blood on a drenched page

For those who respect not the sea will not see tomorrow
Widowing wives who weep with sorrow

What must it have been like to see the hope die in their eyes
As they slowly began to realize

This was to be their final story
And oh so gory

Decaying bones wash up on the shore
Just one more tale in the Grim Reaper's lore

Copyright © Christopher Goss

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