Lost at Sea

"I don't think you should get that far
from the buoy, a storms coming in."
"Don't worry, I know how to sail",
He said, with a lopsided grin.

"I don't know, the waves are higher,"
She said, wiping tears from her eyes.
"Ah, you just worry for nothing,"
He said, as he looked at the sky.

Now adrift, far out in the sea,
Lightening, thunder, and rolling waves,
Tossed them around, from side to side,
She cried, "We will go to our graves."

"You are right," he quietly said.
"I fear we are lost here at sea."
"I've no idea where we are,
I was wrong, it was foolish of me."

Then the sail came crashing downward,
The boat gave a lurch to the side,
"I fear we won't see the port again,"
She said, as she broke down and cried.

"If we could just see the lighthouse,
I think we've have a fighting chance,
But the rain and fog are so thick,
It's a terrible circumstance."

"Waves are splashing into the boat,
If we could make it through the night,
We might be able to survive,
Until the warm morning sunlight".

A man was walking on the beach,
And stopped in shock at what he saw,
A broken boat with trailing mast,
He turned and ran to make a call.

The sirens sounded through the town,
Familiar call, they knew it well,
It brought a sense of dread to them,
The ringing of the bells death knell.

They all pitched in, the boats went out,
Nothing was found, nothing in sight,
With saddened spirit, home they came.
Two lives were lost that raging night,