Albatross

Once more the pirates have left port,

Once more they sail the sea.

The ocean's theirs to plunder,

They shall bring misery.

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With pistol, cannon, cutlass,

They're the terror of the waves.

A gang of thieves upon the ocean,

Wage activities depraved.

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But then one day a pirate drunk,

His wits still at a loss,

He shoots a large seafaring bird,

By name of albatross.

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The skies above they darken.

Day soon turns to night.

The pirates look up to the clouds,

Their faces all in fright.

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Lightning comes down from the heavens,

Obliterates the mast.

The first part of their judgement,

But by no means the last.

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Fire starts to take their ship.

The sea breeze turns to gale.

By wind and water, fire,

By the elements they're assailed.

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The waves are now like mountains,

Lightning and thunder clash.

Again, again, their ship is pounded,

With the force of water's crash.

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And then at last, their greatest terror,

A kraken does arise.

Its tentacles reach upwards,

Towards the tortured skies.

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Pistols, swords, and cannon,

The beast they try to slay.

But nothing stops the kraken,

The pirates won't be saved.

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Their boat is split into fragments,

They swim for their dear lives.

Through the icy waters dark,

Chill cuts through them like knives.

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The kraken, it does not pursue,

But sharks quickly move in.

Blood fills the water, screams the air,

Death makes a wailing din.

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By daybreak, only one man remains,

Alive while the crew lost.

The least worthy of them all,

For he shot the albatross.

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The debris, it takes him to an island,

Sand with scattering of trees.

Little food, no sign of water,

But least he's escaped from touch of sea.

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He lies down upon the beach,

Knows that here he's doomed to die.

But in the air he sees something,

From the corner of his eye.

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He springs up from weary rest,

Sits up upon golden sand.

Before him is a massive bird,

An albatross so grand.

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Wordlessly it stares at him,

Then in silence off it flies.

Justice, at last's been delivered,

On this island he shall die.

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So take heed all buccaneers,

Regardless what you believe.

Justice shall take you in the end,

Upon the Sea of Thieves.

A/N

With all due credit to Samuel Taylor Coleridge for somewhat obvious reasons.