The Captain

Cast in turmoil, thrown about in the fiery sea

Was she sinking? The crew looked for lifeboats to flee

Hopeful one sailor, that the shore his vessel shall see

'O but the skipper! Where, in this time of need, be he?'

Screaming he scoured; an answer though, wasn't to be

But guided by his leader's deeds, the course he conceived

Now standing at the helm, the captain he shall be.