Choosing Stories

This poem only available on Lush StoriesThe darkening seas of jaded greensPeaked and troughed under gloaming skies;The whispers of the unknown deadLaced the waters with their sighs.He stood upon the deck, astern,And watched the sinking gold,Another age of life and deathTo add to dooms untold.The sailor stood, and gazed intoThe beckoning, vengeful seasAs celestial maps o’erhead sprang outTo watch men on their knees.For pra...