Merchant Ship

A swallow swoops for flitting flies

While Johnny rubs exhausted eyes

(As morning clasps the rising sun)

Confirming Captain’s day’s begun:

Slow streams emerge from melting snows -

The Merchant Ship’s in stark repose...

As Johnny frets with tingling tongue

A Vulture fleeces fields far-flung

 (Beneath a bleeding sun above),

And Captain culls the dead with love:

Yes, while the silent water flows,

The Merchant Ship just gulps and grows...

A serpent weaves amongst the weeds

As Johnny dares audacious deeds

(When evening drains the dying day)

To stop the Captain, come what may:

And while the raging rivers grow

The Merchant Ship rocks to and fro...

An owl, a’ branch, has teacup eyes

That glimmer dark as Johnny dies

(Now sown inside the future’s womb)

When flushing Captain to his doom:

Trapped in titanic undertow

The Merchant Ship’s swept down below...

A fledgling bird sprays morning dew

As Johnny Junior’s born anew

(He’s baptised in the dawn ablaze)

To rectify the former days: 

Raw rills arise from melting snow

And virgin rivers start to flow...

Reviews

[Pete]

nice escape on the Merchant ship. I was on-board. Thanks.

[Terpsichore]

All those laden galleons, yet ultimately all we end up with is a six feet from head to toe.

The pace and rhythm here hearkens back to different days and is pitch perfect. T

[Terry O'Leary]

Thank you, Terpsichore!

[Valentine]

Your rhyming is awesome. Well written...well done. Valentine

[Terry O'Leary]

Thank you,Valentine!