Shipwreck Survival

Two teenagers survive shipwreck at Loch Ard Gorge, 1878, Australia

Broken apart

Like lovers never meant to be

And to be separated at sea

Oh what to be!

The salt does burn

How the waves turn

Clashing

Crushing

Crumbling

Their frailty at her side

Her wall

Oh how the ships fall!

Then a light

They follow

It glistens

Bright with the sun

Like broken glass

Shattered 

Into almost unseen pieces

Sand

So minuscule

So small

Yet together

A haven

Then the crawl

The weak struggle

The grasp of land

Slipping 

Through their very fingers