Sea stories

                                          Story 1..........

Screams of panic
and
sparks of anxiety
breaks the train of
thought, and
derails
normal sane conversation

Words fall
pell mell
into
an unseen
dark abyss
Those that
found a foothold
on the pillar of wisdom , clung
like limpets
for life

Others , who gave up
were swept
in the raging torrents
of insanity
into the
ocean of oblivion


                                          Story 2............

The breakers
in futile rage
kept
dashing the boat
of  sane speech
again and again
against the
wall
of
stoic silence
till it broke into
shards of
foamy flotsam
onto the sea surface

                                           Story 3 .............

Abandoned at sea
the ship was
magnificent
to begin with
As time passed , No one
turned up , to scrub the decks
to oil the engine
to shine the brass
to stitch torn sails ,
But it still held against
storms
and gales
At last
at long last
on a clear day ,
with shore in clear sight ,
its hold
let in enough water
and it  slowly sank
out of sight
with nary a
bubble

                                        Story 4................

She thought
she was a princess
She wore a crown
of diamonds
and stood
facing the sea
feeling the cool spray
when she turned
back
She saw
there was no one
on the ship
and the ship was called
Mary Celeste.