This Ship

I have no Q-O-L, but I can sell my shell

baby rock this beat,

décor under the heat

gotta command this fleet ...

Rubies are my blood and tears

obsidian repels my fears

never mind the silent jeers...

they be falling on deaf ears

Now you see me

now you don't

for I give it what they won't

'til my clock ceases to tick

I be pulling another

magick trick..

See white rabbits, throw your dimes

'cause my dears, it ain't no crime

to be sailing to a new land -

like a scurvy-ed pirate lady

is this captains' hand ...

but my red tweed coat says I'm free

even if I crawl about 
on my swollen knees,

because baby,

In the end, I'll feel the breeze,

of the land ahoy

and the treasure's tease ...

and it's not for greed, no,

it's the prize at the end of the voyage

it's the catch at the end of the forage,

and your rubies will be mine,
when you are unkind 

for I am a demon slayer

and I've payed, with every layer,

but oppressors, see ya later

As I take this ship to the sky ..

- S. Rose Ashcraft