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Love Letter To Rose Shipwreck
To my Dearest Darling Rose
I am writing this letter to you at this
moment sat on my own up on deck
of the ship and it's around midnight
We are somewhere due south of the
equator in the middle of the Indian Ocean
off the coast of east Africa
We did the line crossing ceremony today
so all the guys are as you can imagine
pretty done in from all the festivities and
unlimited rum rations
It's so hot and humid down below deck
that the smell and snoring make it virtually
impossible to sleep for me doesn't seem to
bothering them at all though
I can't begin to describe what it is like to
you at night out here
The sea and sky are so black and luminous
you can barely tell exactly where they meet
and the horizon is
Apart from to say you only see the
moonlight bouncing off the odd ripple
or wave
And it's so deadly silent apart from the
humming of the ship's engine and now
cutting a path through the water
And the sky and the stars Rose my love
Maybe are as beautiful as you are to me
the same way your eyes light up your face
Honestly I can't lie Rose it's getting harder and
harder to be away from you and you are the
only thing I have come to rely on to keep
me going
Anyway Rose my love I suppose I should
start making my way down below deck
again and try and get some sleep while
I still can
And end as always telling and letting you
know just how much I miss and love you
and simply cannot wait for this hole sorry
mess and saga so I can finally come back
home to you and our boy so we can be and
live as a proper family
But for now kiss my boy on the head and
let him know how much I love him and
cannot wait to see him in person
All my love truly till then
Dear John
Dear Rose
Regretfully we are writing to you
To inform you that in the
21 June 1941
H.M.S Apparition
Along with all of her
111 Crew Members
Where lost at sea
No survivers remained
Sorry for your loss
Copyright ©
Christopher Flaherty
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