Black sands awashed by crystal waters & slate gray cliffs adorn the countryside
Perched atop the highest bluff our home ignites the way for the lost & the weary.
I, The Mariner, know all too well the change brought forth by the ebb & flow of the tide.
I've braved the seas & watched men die. I've seen the beauty of starlight skies.
Beholden to none other than my vessel and bride I yearn to sail one last time beneath the starlight skies.
This is part one of a ten-part series titled "Weathered: A Tale of Love & Loss." I gained inspiration for writing this series when I was in Galway, Ireland by the Spanish Arch in Galway city. I journeyed there to be the best man in my best friends wedding and we took a stroll through the city and happened upon this great stone monument. As soon as I laid eyes on it my brain started reeling with ideas about a story between a mariner and a maiden. What you will be reading here will be that story. Please enjoy.
This story is dedicated to all mariners lost at sea.