The Wreckers written by Joyce Butler at Spillwords.com

The Wreckers

The Wreckers

written by: Joyce Butler

@joycebwriter

 

I’m the one they picked
to sit on the shore and
wait it out
flashing my oil lamp
through the fog;
a lying lighthouse
luring them in
as small bumps of
fear emerge,
prickling my skin.

I know no better
for what do I know
about being
a Wrecker?
Nothing.
A virgin on the sand
waiting for my ship
to land
and then
they’ll see the veins
pumping through
my skin
Yes.
Then
they’ll see
what a mess
we are
all of us
in.

 

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:

Inspired by a scene from a TV adaptation of Jamaica Inn.

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