Captian's Log The Road Home 19 Apr 2023 The carpenter's saw sang as it cut through the beam. I smiled, listening to the rhythm of the workman's arm moving up and down. A sparrow twitters somewhere in the…
Captian's Log Epitaph 8 Apr 2023 I cannot sing for you again nor whisper more a soft amen, for I am dead and buried deep. What now may wake me from my sleep?
Captian's Log Rise of the Masked Queen 27 Jan 2023 A deadly pall hung about the celebrants. Though they circled the dance floor in perfect step, not a murmur or whisper could be heard; only the droning music played. Upon…
Captian's Log Poem: Lost Refrain 26 Jan 2023 Please Read:Lost Refrain https://taletold.wordpress.com/poems-2/lost-refrain/
Captian's Log Midnight Chimes 19 Dec 2022 …nevertheless, Death was a good dancer. He led me round and round, keeping in perfect step with the band, and I glided across the floor like I was nothing, nothing…
Captian's Log Necromancer 21 Oct 2022 Begin again and never sin. Restart the clock; don't hit the rock. This devil's dance is your last chance. The singer sings so far away all while the digger digs…
Captian's Log Happy 5 Jul 2022 It started raining a little before noon today, just a light rain. Its soft and gentle patter filled my heart with gladness, and I could not help but "think to…
Captian's Log The Death of Noise 2 Jun 2022 There is a terrible fear which clings to their minds,that whispered possibility, "Am I wrong?"and that's why they shout—to deafen their ears—lest they might learn that they are not God.…
Captian's Log The Fool and the Duel 28 May 202227 May 2022 The swords crossed. Their steel rang like bells in the night. The duelists danced to the music of the swords, their writhing limbs honed, all muscle—they flew above the cobblestones…
Captian's Log Fill My Ears 7 Mar 2022 The rain was still falling. It was really just a mist now, but the loud drip-drop coming off the eaves and falling, splat, upon the porch, filled my ears like…