Lost At Sea! Poem by Ross DixPeek

Lost At Sea!

By
Ross Dix-Peek


Solitary and stark stands the memorial,
A granite-grey testimonial
To Old King Neptune’s sons and daughters,
Asleep silent beneath the cold waters,
Now in death’s repose, brothers and sisters all
Beneath the vast watery shawl,
The white-crested waves do them loving adorn,
Poseidon’s royal crown upon the great ocean borne,
The most noble and exalted deep,
Now their immortal lair and keep,
And to forever-again
Stand dear sentinel over them,
Their souls never again to know foul and fevered fear,
Never again to shed an earthly and torrid tear,
Their worldly woes forever ceased,
At last to know the gentle, kindred kiss of eternal peace,
And now beneath the briny coffin shroud,
Their sweet serenity is at last avowed!