Sea Drift
when the ship hit the storm
i knew i had little time left
the crew were scrambling to sail through it
and find a course out of the eye of the storm
we were near jagged islands the size of a house
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we had to steer away from the rocks to stay safe
then we hit some rocks and the ship starts sinking
the crew in the lower deck
come running to the main deck
and start unlatching the boats
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other crew members grab supplies to put on the boats
as the ship sank i grabbed a bottle of rum and some paper
with a pen and inkwell in my pocket i joined the crew
we rowed through the storm
the men held on to as much cargo as they could
and the other boat flipped
and the men were lost at sea
it went calm the next day
and we rowed for three days
until i saw the island
we landed and i sat down
and wrote this note about what happened
if you read this helen
i'm alive on an island chain
somewhere near the new world
please remember my name lancaster devaroe
tell the banks that their gold is at the bottom
of the sea
four other men and i survived
i've made a net out of rope threads to catch fish and crab
i made spears and used my hunting knife
to open a fruit that grows on trees here
after what seemed like four seasons i made a shelter
and gather rain water from my fruit husks
i've written stories with my journal
about sea serpents and Leviathan
i'm weaving a cross thatch of leaves
to build a boat with shelter cabin
i want to study the seasons
until i should leave
i love you helen
message in a bottle, sea drift, sea drift
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