NaPoWriMo #3
Prompt: write a sea shanty
(Based on the Titanic)
♬ Oh oh white star
I wish my dreams on you
Oh oh white star
I wish my dreams on you
But they won’t float, but they won’t float
But your riches will ♬
Our dreams aren’t counted
While you load up your feathers and pearls
The men guard the gate at the top of the stairs
My body slipped under the weight of the water
Silence enveloped the roar of the anger
You said my pennies determine my future
We’re swallowed whole
Buckled by pressure
We’re swallowed whole
Lost here like treasure
We’re swallowed whole
Hearing the sound of the band playing on
If they’re lucky they’ll find me in the arms of my lover
Our baby between us, huddled for cover
They’ll bury we three in a plot there in Scotia
Someday someone will stand there and wonder
Where did their dreams go to rest?
Where did their love go to die?
We’re swallowed whole
Buckled by pressure
We’re swallowed whole
Lost here like treasure
We’re swallowed whole
Hearing the sound of the band playing on
♬ Oh oh white star
I wish my dreams on you
Oh oh white star
I wish my dreams on you
But they won’t float, but they won’t float
But your riches will ♬