Tempest

Tempests 

tempt 

the easily

 influenced sea

to froth 

at its edges

slamming ships 

into ledges

sending debris 

to the hedges

and women and men

 to their knees

Keeling great vessels

Dowsing the topsails

turning worlds 

upside down

 

as crewmen all drown

and tides ebb and flow 

like the breeze

Salt burns the eyes

all the tears that were cried

protests and sighs 

and 

the Storm's 

insatiable 

need