Devil o' the Sea

I awoke in agony again
Their frantic screams incessant
Every night I have to relive a sickening sight
Of a family who woefully lost their lives
From my dearth of bravery
And a monster who roams both the land and sea
Their grisly deaths indelible
No amount I drink blots the shameful sight
Of a family who haplessly lost their lives
From my dearth of bravery
And a monster of unmixed malignity
There was blood on their door
There were limbs on the floor
Children's lives surrendered
They're all dead
I awoke in agony again
Their frantic screams incessant
Every night I have to relive a sickening sight
Of a family who woefully lost their lives
From my dearth of bravery
And a monster who roams both the land and sea
Shouldn't have been a coward
Shouldn't have led it to their door
Cruelty came to my neighbors
Now they're all dead
Sleepless – out a moonless starlit night
It appeared again my fear materialized
Equine-like and skinless with black blood in its veins
Its sinewy muscles writhed when movement made
Paused and pondered the cessation of my life
Chose to leave me alive