Shackleton -A Story Poem

What a life of tempest tossed seas in which we ride upon the waves at the will of the winds and gods of the depths and deep

For the ice and the cold close in on us all and if not for human endurance we would be stuck in despair, dark, and loneliness of eternal hell

But for which men have hope will free us from our bondage and set us free, giving us new life beyond our perilous struggles

Cast into the unknown and desolate seas, we will triumph over what the brutality of nature has in store

We will embark and navigate to far away shores, guided by chance of redemption

Through courage and hardship we sail onward for we will never give up

Never give in or surrender to the wickedness, we will not become the bereathed

Not today, no sir, not this day. For this day we choose to live

To cross any chasm, to climb to heights before unknown

We will reach our pinnacle and rejoice

For we are those who have endured