TEMPEST
In squalling winds the storm increased
the vessel deep in swirling troughs
beneath the jaws of surging waves
where no escape was evident
from natures frenzied trackless deep.
On seasoned sailors beaten faces,
sick by violent calenture,
the reckoning of death recorded
‘til all tempests rage abated
reinstating thoughts relief.
And in relief the vows they made
helped ease the agonies of mind
but soon to face returning threats
their destiny as yet unknown
by spirit of the cyclic seas.