POETIC MOMENT
"The Minstrel's Tale"
(I actually wrote this one back when I was a senior in high school but it has always been one of my favorites. I figured I would post it here because I felt like it and I've always wanted to hear what people thought about it.)

I

The sun was found missing behind
A cornucopia of cloud one could easily find
If they decided to take a stroll outside.
It was as if every beam of light had hide
The splendor of it luminous majesty.
And inside a wooden house-a travesty.
The walls shook with the bursts inside-
Cries of terror the thinness couldn't confide.
Cries so loud that they shook the ground,
And caused rifts in the landscape much profound.
The brass front door swung quickly agape
So fast that for a moment no sounds of the scrape
Inside were heard, a moment that was very short.
Upon the crimson fireplace shadows retort
The images of a man and a woman nearby,
Having a conversation of violent reply.
Never once did a spurned fist be thrown,
For the hate was not burned to the bone.
The night grew old but the conversation not,
Old disagreements renewed on the spot.
The man shouted until his voice grew hoarse,
And the woman agreed: they would divorce.
And as the fire below the mantle began to fade,
Their marital vows they quietly betrayed.

II

The boat was made of the best wood around,
And the majesty of the vessel was quite profound.
The stern was painted of a brilliant white,
And the sails rose as high as a wind-carried kite.
The grizzly captain smelled of the salty seas,
But was hirable because of his low-cost fees.
The man boarded the ship with bags in his hand.
And across the dock-the woman he couldn't stand.
Both dressed in clothes that were colored white,
Yet neither deserved to wear after the fight.
Near midday of March fifteenth they sailed off,
While at the other they continued to scoff.
The man said names that should never be heard,
And likewise, the woman said things absurd.
Not the distance between the boats nor the sea ahead,
Could erase the pain and anger carried in their head.
And as the other boat on the horizon disappeared,
On the other side-a dark, menacing sky appeared.
Within a short passing of the hands of a clock,
The waves under the boat began to violently rock.
And ahead, a flash of light protruded from above.
And nowhere in the skies flew the grace of a dove.
The skies crackled with a voice louder than both
Of the people who had broken their solemn oath.
Each prayed aloud to be returned safe to port
And that the length of the storm above be short.
However, for a reason unknown to many,
A situation occurred that was much uncanny.
The boats went off-course and for a time lost at sea,
But luckily found a port at which to be-
As the heavens above might have had it,
An incredible occurrence, as is the habit
Of violent storms hurled upon the high seas.
Each boat was at a different port for the breeze
Had sent the man to the port that his wife
Would dock at and begin to start her new life
Without him. And what was even more odd,
The wife was stuck under the same façade.
Each ship was assumed lost at sea or sunk,
Each of the two in pain quickly became drunk.

III

The rain was so heavy that the skies shattered,
And below, the dry world had become battered
By the pelting of what some call angel's cries,
Or as some also use the pouring out of the skies.
The bright lights broke the immense tranquility,
And out of the car came the postman fighting stability,
Carrying two letters in his pocket, now getting wet,
He walked a slow step-one of sadness and regret,
For he knew both the man and his beautiful wife,
And heard about their midnight scuffle and strife-
And was sorry to see them leave, especially that way.
The doorbell rang a tune rightfully of dismay-
For the fact no one was home was one of remorse.
Inside each envelope was the wedding rings of course,
And a note addressing the other not even written
In their own handwriting. It was quite smitten.
The words inside were sad and clearly wishing
For something else, to have gone shopping or fishing
That dreadful, angry day. But to stand corrected,
The notes inside contained a message most unexpected-
They had shot themselves point-blank in the head,
Once they had learned that their spouse was dead.