Ashley Merritt
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 2:50 pm
I wrote this poem when I was 12 about a shipwreck. It is quite dark. Dawn loved it then, she was always so encouraging and supportive... still IS, as a matter of fact. it seems almost tribute-like to her now... it gives me chills even more now than ever.
The Shipwreck by Ashley Merritt
The demons of the deep
As if in fitfull slumber
Rustle in their sleep
And drag the lifeboats under
A struggling gasp at life
A final gasp of breath
The ending of all strife
The peacefulness of death
The wreckage on the waves
The cry of a lonely gull
The never resting graves
The endless rise and fall
As water demons leap
The lifeless bodies sleep.
I miss my friend.