the old dock silent in winters cold embrace such it would be all day save for the logistics race to the moaning of a ship in slow decay
seagulls hover high above on ***** wings her tumor of rust and fallen pride they heckle her, the filthy things on winds of scorn they ride
she should have been allowed to drown to end her reign with stern held high but profit must in books be noted down for her tortured hull, no end is nigh
in her hold now; fresh water, tinned fruit and frozen meat drums of oil and parts for the engine to spare to keep this crew, her carers on their tired feet and make her next long trek easier to bare
alone on the dock he watches her leave once more, like in times of old, she raises her sail wishing the sea to offer her reprieve for a reef to shatter her old tired hull, so frail
an old poem I wrote a few years ago as part of a coursework on writing.