Peril...

John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) ~ In Peril
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Trapped
By seas
Hurling free
At the old wall.
Terror burns to ice.
Mesmerising moonlight
Pale, gaunt and unromantic
Haunts the upturned graveyard of fear
Hypnotising our cold dark wonder


Trapped by seas hurling free at the old wall.

NOTE: Poetry form - dectina refrain - created by Catherine Mackie, South Africa