Shrilly Bill

It's something.

Shrilly Bill never got his fill.

He danced aimless while the world sat still.

He mounted a cloud and drifted to sea.
He fell like the rain and he cracked on the reef.

As nighttime left and morning arrived.

The seagulls had gathered and pecked out his eyes.
Now he's got vision all over the skies.

Ain't only the strongest with a will to survive.

 

Some days later Shrilly Bill then awoke.

Eye sockets all vacant and legs all broke..
He rolled off the reef and swam out to sea.

Then sunk like a stone and struggled to breathe.

The light departed and darkness arrived.
A shark came upon him with dark, hungry eyes.

Now he can breathe, even under the tide.

He served his purpose.  He lived and he died.

 

Author's Note

I'd love feedback. Wrote this real quick at work.