"Sonnet of the Sea Witch" by Lokei, Pirates of the Caribbean

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Sonnet of the Sea Witch
By Lokei
Universe: POTC
Character: Tia Dalma
Disclaimer: Calypso is uninterested in being property. Would you prefer a kraken?
Rating: Poetry. Very dangerous, you go first.
Prompt: Heart's Desire challenge
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Bound in my bones, I’m trapped in mortal weight
While souls of clay and stone sail wild and free;
As one who loved-betrayed-disdained to wait-
for gifts which Time alone grants from the sea.
Beguiled by men of tiny stance and heart,
I sink my feet in brine like mangrove roots.
A shadow pained, divided from my art,
I bless the swamp’s concealing leaves and shoots.
They hide the heedless waves that scorn my will
While toil I, other gazes to ensnare:
So river, sand, and breeze o’er my edge spill,
I’ll other lovers catch, and twice as fair,
To speak the words of loss with tongue of fire-
The vexing sea will gain her heart’s desire.