She Sneaks

Just after dusk on a warm summer night,
In the city that lay by the sea,
While people ate dinner in cozy homes
Not thinking of troubles the ocean can bring,
She skimmed over water, going towards town.

Black waves broke white in the wake of her path
And beat always against her with strength.
The wind dared not touch her, not the moon’s light,
Yet still she moves on, pushed by the unknown,
Unseen, unheard, unacknowledged by most.

She slips, unnoticed, into sea towns,
And dances with metal, flirts with the law.
Behind her is fire, destruction, and death
With her go riches, as much as she’ll hold
The town and she sing a quite different song.

Not many have seen her, fewer have lived
To tell tale of the mystery ship.

And another Dal write. Except this one I never finished. I remember I was so aggravated with the people in my class, so I ran out of time and had to just slap an ending on, never finishing it; I didn't go back, either. Pretty stupid, which is why I didn't return.

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