The Lonely Sailor by ChaoticAbsolution, literature
Literature
The Lonely Sailor
His shipmates are gone,
They have all departed,
in thunder
and water
and fury
He was left on this beach,
Where the water nibbles at him,
And the sand bites his back,
the lonely sailor
He shuts out the light,
and remembers his home
For a moment.
His eyes peer through the sky,
it is unfamiliar
They swing to the trees,
they are uninviting
He feels the stab of cold,
it is the water
and it is unforgiving
This is not his home,
But it is beautiful.
The sun breaks the horizon,
The sky is ablaze,
Shadows fall over him,
he is warm
The world burns around him,
he is at peace
A door opens before him,
he is unafraid
He lets out
The Lonely Sailor by ChaoticAbsolution, literature
Literature
The Lonely Sailor
His shipmates are gone,
They have all departed,
in thunder
and water
and fury
He was left on this beach,
Where the water nibbles at him,
And the sand bites his back,
the lonely sailor
He shuts out the light,
and remembers his home
For a moment.
His eyes peer through the sky,
it is unfamiliar
They swing to the trees,
they are uninviting
He feels the stab of cold,
it is the water
and it is unforgiving
This is not his home,
But it is beautiful.
The sun breaks the horizon,
The sky is ablaze,
Shadows fall over him,
he is warm
The world burns around him,
he is at peace
A door opens before him,
he is unafraid
He lets out