Corvus Corona Part 2

He enlists an able deck-hand to wield the drill
A vortex in his cortex to release his will
As spiral enters he spins out of control
All magic circles under those eyes
Mental ventilation won't stifle their cries
His futility belt all crowded with spies.

His one good eye now all a ghastly squint
Head held together with sorrow and spit
So much haste, too much speed
Spasm-tongued sermon decreed.

I opened my eyes and I stared right through my photographs of you
I opened my eyes and I choked out through my memory of faith.

... A malady on the mainline...
A man of inaction, a greyer of shades
Prey to twisting frequencies with whom he once played.

Wild of eye and long in tooth
Lies all that are left for our seeker of truth
A stoop-backed, sad sack, all thoughts side-tracked
Onrush of water through compromised hull.

I opened my eyes and I stared right through my photographs of you
I opened my eyes and I choked out through my memory of faith
[Abyss stares right through him.]

Crow's nest crowded with cackling crew
All staring faces peering straight through
Leering out of this unwitting host
A-raising the black sails and floating his ghost.

I opened my eyes and I stared right through my photographs of you
I opened my eyes and I choked out through my memory of faith.

I shuttered my eyes and I stared right through my photographs of you
I shuttered my eyes and I choked out through my memory of faith.