Dreadnought

Vacant Sea

Dreadnought


We will awake from slumber 
We build our homes in silence 
We structure our existence 
We will not compromise our captive minds 
We are exposed 

At the eye of the tempest 
The Earth’s womb cultivates 
Witness the discord 
At this maelstrom’s walls 

Faint, sublime, overpowered, 
The tempest beckons me 
Chaos below the crest, 
The tempest threatens me 

Within chanting waters 
Twilight clutches dawn 
Tears the light from in her 
Within chanting waters 
Night parades his song 
Etches devastation 

Our home, a table for the feast 
We will not stand idle and fall 
So we must 
Turn tail 
And flee 
To the depths 

She chants. Her body sings in distant waves 
These hours consume my breath, I lie in wait 

Warmth of light dismissed here, 
So far from the sky 
My existence remiss, I dive to the floor 
And find heat and a serenity 
Among the ashes of the ancient ones 
Ours will be the glow 
That bathes these silent waters