Sailing Under Sea

Hush, be still tonight

Peer when the tides flow free

It's mast broken, sails untied

Deep within the lapis luzuli

A fleshless arm of a sunken sailor

Reaches for the pearl of moon

For her sweetheart, he can't take her

Eyeless he lies, on his bed of doom

Emerald moss gaining on the hull

Rusting, rotting, forgotten

Usurped by the shark and the cuttle 

Shimmering, lingering, softened

The treasure maps were robbed

Of their fortune, ink and mark

By sand, alas, the treasure was daubed

'How tragic', the fleet of souls remark

What more is there to say

Lost his life and lost the freight

Soon the sun will help him fade

Hush, be still tonight

- Ritvij. 22/Jan/2022. At home, Raebareli.