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Full Fathom Five

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October 31, 2008
Full Fathom Five by *crowhesghost is a creepy, delightful poem about a ghost ship - 'shaking barnacles from her bones and rising from her frigid bed she reaches from beyond the dead...' will leave you with a chill down your spine.
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Full fathom five
She lies, drowned,
In a world with
No light or sound
On her side, 'mongst
The corals and the fishes,
Longing for the
Breeze she misses

Full fathom five
She stirs and groans,
Shaking barnacles
From her bones
And rising from
Her frigid bed
She reaches from
Beyond the dead

Full fathom five
She leaves the gloom,
Seeks the comfort
Of the moon.
With a whisper,
She breaks the waves;
Her skeleton crew
Wake from their graves

Full fathom five,
She sails still,
Upon a gossamer mist,
Weaving a chill
Around the hearts
Of sailing men
Who cross themselves and turn
From this phantom wind

Full fathom five
She flees the dawn
Seeking the night
To which she's drawn
But when the sun
Climbs into the sky,
Full fathom five,
She'll, dreaming, lie.
She's the HMS Nereid.
Launched 1806.
Drydocked for extensive repairs from battle damage 1812.
Attacked and commandeered by pirates 1816.
Scuttled by her crew to avoid capture 1817.
She sank in sixteen minutes; all hands went down with her.

Welcome aboard.

I've always had a soft spot for stories about ghost ships, so I figured I'd make me up one to keep me entertained for Halloween. :D
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Well, as proof that I've been away waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too long... Man, thank you, everybody, for liking this one so much! I'm touched, man, my words have run away. Thank you! :-)