The White Witch set sail with her Skeleton crew And The Man Bathed in Fire at her helm The ship was in search ... of the lost land Atlantis Her Owner and Masters last Realm With her sails ... she set spells In her wake ... she left madness As her bow sliced through towering waves And Diablo Himself ... cleaves the seas neat before her As Valhallas cold wind ... filled her sails The Skeleton crew rigged the sails ... and stood watch While the Man Bathed in Fire steered the course And a Valkyrie rode ... above the masthead On the back ... of A Dark Winged Horse Boiling Black Clouds ... touched the tops of the whitecaps And lightning ... rent Dark Skies ... Asunder With a Bone in her Teeth ... the ship crested huge rollers And Fought off ... Thors Hammer of Thunder She was pitching and rolling,wind ripping her sails But the Man Bathed in Fire ... held her steady The Skeleton crew Fought off ... Dire Straits And manned the deck ... able and ready A shear wind had hit her,and ripped loose her rudder And Hove the ship toward ... deaths grave danger The Man Bathed in Fire and the Skeleton crew Fought vainly ... but bravely ... to save her The Man Bathed in Fire ... lashed himself to her wheel But her steerage had long ago broken With fear in their eyes ... the crew saw the end coming And held fast their stations ... without a word spoken A jagged white line ... stood just off to starboard Blasting waves ... into lacy white spume And the thunder from under, of a razor sharp reef Spelled out ... The White Witches Doom A grinding ... A tearing ... Neptunes Teeth Ripping Out the very soul of the ship Great waves slashed behind her ... To pound her And grind her ... until up over ... And under she slipped Atlantis she Sought ... Atlantis she Found As she plunged ... toward the icy seabed THE HOME ... OF MANY GREAT SHIPS LOST AT SEA And the Ghosts ... of Sailors Long Ago Dead The Man Bathed in Fire and the Skeleton crew Now Reside ... Deep in Davey Jones Locker And the White Witches Bones ... Lie in the Abyss In the Realm .. Of Her Owner And Master..............
Reason for writing:
Saltwater in the Blood
Birth sign: Virgo
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