06-03-2017, 07:20 PM
I peered out upon the harbor.
My comrades were waiting for the signal.
Overseas commerce had become a dangerous endeavour.
Privateers offered contracts they had no intent to fill.
The Royal Navy attacked shipments in transit.
The people suffered.
In our safe harbor, the captains were eager with hope.
I crested the ridge, to the place where I would hang my signal.
The kerosene flame howled in the winds.
The highest point of visibility, who knew how many necks craned to see.
I opened the lantern side, tossing a handful of boric acid in.
The waves jumped to life with flashes of emerald.
And I cried out to the night:
"Let us not forget, there is hope."
My comrades were waiting for the signal.
Overseas commerce had become a dangerous endeavour.
Privateers offered contracts they had no intent to fill.
The Royal Navy attacked shipments in transit.
The people suffered.
In our safe harbor, the captains were eager with hope.
I crested the ridge, to the place where I would hang my signal.
The kerosene flame howled in the winds.
The highest point of visibility, who knew how many necks craned to see.
I opened the lantern side, tossing a handful of boric acid in.
The waves jumped to life with flashes of emerald.
And I cried out to the night:
"Let us not forget, there is hope."
~A man keeps his memories where his money once was~