The Gale

Open Azure vista, unfolds before the eye Adrift on tides - astray Ever away, into the blue unknown Fell wind rising Whipping fury Screaming echoes Roaring anger Howling voices Shrieking on Hurled by the thundering gale Across the seas in a spray of foam A maelstrom of whirling hail Splintering beams and breaking bone Tossed too high on the waves Crashing down with a jolting groan Timbers burst from the strain The hull cracks open; all hope is gone Roaring anger Howling voices Shrieking on As the ocean fractures, myriad reflections of sky Terror descending deeper, hysteria distorting time Awhirl in a cyclone; Aeolus' seething ire Plunged down into the cold Currents grip with icy strength Air expunging from lungs Tumultuous grasping for precious breath Swallowing, surfeit of water A chilling broth of salt and death Cavorting, ceaseless disaster Dragged below unto the gaping depths Sirens calling A dirge, unending Rage, burgeons Untold, the wrath, it brings