Mutiny

When I was still a lad of ten

I caught a spot on board the Wren

I ran from home to seek the sea

The water's wide and I was free

Many years have passed us by

Now joy can never fill my eye

Since I, a hapless sailor could

Not stop what my dear Captain should

One hellish night, black turned the skies

Like writhing snakes, the sea did rise

Shrieks and screams and stumbling feet

While rain poured down in lashing sheets

Abruptly, silence, cold and dark

Felt like the belly of a shark

But then a cacophonic splash

My thoughts were haunted by the crash

I came up on the deck at dawn

The crew had left, lifeboats were gone

And as the great white sails filled

I came upon my captain, killed

My heart it fell, as swords had cut

The many threads that held it up

And though the day was clear and hot

Life now seemed what it had not

 As I buried him at sea

Tears filled my eyes and smothered me

My spirit flew to distant shores

Where hope is lost forevermore

The sun was bright upon the sea

The wind sang high, the ship was free

And as it sped off one time more

My heart grew cold, and shut its door