THE FISHERMAN WHO WEPT

The boat shuddered in the tempestuous embrace of the elements wild

 Creaking and jerking, absolutely beguiled

The foaming waters upward crept

While the supreme being up there merrily slept

The fishermen stumbled, fumbled and cursed

 And one fisherman hunched and woebegone

 Huddled in a corner and wept.

Everything grew eerie in the lurid semi gloom

Ah, their little boat was heading towards its doom

In anger intense the waters raged

 In impotent fury sighed the fishermen caged

They swayed and with folded hands prayed

 Their blood ran cold

 Groping frantically for a foothold

 And one hunched fisherman

 Huddled in a corner and wept.

"Whatever will be, will be, don’t you weep,"

Consoled a pimply faced fisherman in a voice deep.

The evil spirits in the sky congregated

Dancing with joy at the fear they had created

Thick impenetrable murk from the water rose

The boat was surrounded by malevolent foes.

Leaden masses of thunderclouds overhead crept

Huddled in his corner the hunched fisherman wept.

 The thunderclouds curved round the vault of the sky

 Ah it was inescapable- the end was nigh.

They widened, spread and tumbled

There were claps of thunder

The sky was torn asunder

 Fiery crackling darts

Struck terror in the forlorn fishermen’s hearts

 In his corner the hunched fisherman still wept.

Frenzied whirlwinds rushed out of the sinister night

Deafened by the tumult

 Whirling across the sea in a savage dance.

Absolutely overwhelmed by their own performance

The enraged sea roared, spluttered and hissed

 Up rose the frenzied waves and the sky they kissed

 By intense fear his heart was gripped

The broad bosom of the sea tumultuously heaved

 The woebegone fisherman grieved and wept and wept.

The evil spirits huddled together and whispered in hushed tones

Could no longer ignore the fisherman’s moans

  To pity moved

 Now they no longer grooved

Ah, happy chance

 They stopped the dance

The hunched fisherman from his corner crept

 Pumped the air with joyous fists

 And wept.