I inherited an old run down shotgun shack In a South Florida town From an Uncle I had no idea I had He never came around
It was the shed out back that held my interest Filled with memories, dust, and spider webs Was I just being adventurous Or was I being led
Opposite the door in the corner stood a ceder chest Covered over in a layer of dust The latch and lock lay on the dirt floor Long ago succumbed to rust
The inside was filled with pirate writings Which you know is a poets dream No maps of hidden treasures But hidden treasures all the same
I took to those pirate writings Like an angry moth takes to flame Drawn in close like his life depends On the wave of heat it brings
Page after page of high sea adventures And far off exotic lands I spent that afternoon well into the night dreaming With pirate treasure held in my hands
I don't know how long it was I'd been asleep When I woke up to a dust filtered light Shining through a broken windowpane In the shed where I'd spent the night
But I really spent it on the high open seas And in far off exotic lands Where when it gets back around to evening time With pirate writings I plan to go again