The Heartbroken Captain

The Heartbroken Captain.

Oh, tell me good sir of your fine tale

And leave not a detail out

For we poor souls wish to know

What misfortunes lurk about.

T’was a dark and stormy night

A thousand years ago

When a sailor on his ship

Searched of hidden gold.

This captain traveled far and wide

North and East and South.

Along the waves to hidden caves

To sure to be in doubt.

And though he found all manner of things

No man has ever known

His heart still longed for greater wealth

Than jewels and precious stones.

Then on one forgotten shore

He ran aground one day

There he met a fair, young lass

Who stole his heart away.

And on the morrow she was gone

Never to be seen again.

But that is how the greedy fall

To the call of the Siren.

Oh, tell me good sir of your fine tail

And do not leave a detail out

For we poor souls wish to know

What fortunes lurk about.

A/n: I’m not entirely sure what possessed me to write this since it’s not my usual genre or style. Parts just popped into my head and I filled it out to make sense. In some parts the rhyme scheme seemed a bit off to me, but it helps if you read it as if it were lyrical, I think. I should be asleep right now. Thanks for reading.