The Never-Ending Punishment

Shakespearean Sonnet -- 2008

The waves crash and tumble; a midnight storm
Showing no mercy; light so far away
A ship lost at sea… The stars only mourn.
The moon is not worthy to shine today.
The wind speaks of fury, receding not
‘Til sun emerges from empty skylines
And dead, shipwrecked sailors’ lessons are taught
They were too stubborn to notice the signs.
Underestimating waters so vast
Expecting to measure up to the sea
But fear not now; this assumption, their last
You cannot analyze rage when set free.
A mistake in which nothing but death can mend
Don’t try to compare if you can’t see the end.