Captian's Log Into a Darkness 16 Nov 2024 The dreams begin again, their soft, effervescent forms come and go like tendrils of fog never leaving a memory. I wait in the darkness, listening to the conversations I cannot…
Captian's Log Sparks 15 Nov 20249 Nov 2024 The king passed me in the night as the fuller's hammer kept a steady beat, like a heart or the ticking of a clock. He's out there now, making ready…
Captian's Log Sparks 14 Nov 20249 Nov 2024 You say the king is dead, but I say he walked by me in the night. Not in regalia but the softer hues of a faded smock. There, of that…
Captian's Log Sparks 13 Nov 20249 Nov 2024 The hammer fell, a steady rain of blows, making a music in the night, and by the fuller’s station I did rest, contemplating heaven's stars. The stable’s smell had wafted…
Captian's Log Wisdom and Time 12 Nov 20249 Nov 2024 I have begun to think about the things I used to knowand how the days and weeks and years now come and go. When ignorant, I thought I knew much…
Captian's Log Beside a Waterfall 11 Nov 20249 Nov 2024 I sit beside a waterfall.Here many dreams and caverns call.Their darkness echoes with the roaras mighty waters downward pour.The caves, rebounding with the sound,my dreams the same know a strange…
Captian's Log Remnant 10 Nov 20249 Nov 2024 There was a time before. I think I remember this. I used to be just of…of whatever we—whatever I am. I have continued. The others were mortal; I should be…
Captian's Log Countdown 9 Nov 2024 The engineers grow quiet, and the countdown begins. Ten… A cold fear settles over me. …nine… My hands are shaking. …eight… Breathe. Just breathe. …seven… Slowly, in and out. …six……
Captian's Log Breathed in a Sigh 7 Nov 2024 The sun is setting on the hill.I know I have to go, but I admit, so weak my will,though better do I know, I'm staying past the lighted hour.The darkness…
Captian's Log God’s Mercy Triumphs 6 Nov 2024 I'll let myself here celebratethe turning from a darker fate.The victory has been declared, and politics might be repaired. O God, I thank you with my songfor saving from a…