[ WP ] Having read online that the Bermuda Triangle is apparently bogus , you decide to test it out for yourself .

My heart was bold and brazen 
 
 My eyes were filled with wonder. 
 
 Though my cheeks were all unshaven 
 
 My mind was set to plunder. 
 
 
 
 Within my sights, that treasured goal 
 
 Of riches, fame, and glory. 
 
 And yet, alas, not one single soul 
 
 Would live to tell the story. 
 
 
 
 I felt not fear, not now, not yet, 
 
 As we sailed through forbidden waters. 
 
 Though I ’ d soon begin to flit and fret 
 
 As the air around grew hotter. 
 
 
 
 
 The sun burned without respite 
 
 And my arms turned crimson red. 
 
 Time slowly creeped by until that night 
 
 As I carefully crept into bed. 
 
 
 
 
 My dreams that night were vivid 
 
 As sweat soaked through my sheet. 
 
 A girl appeared, quite livid 
 
 And one refrain she did repeat: 
 
 
 
 
 
 “ There ’ s reason for those who stay away 
 
 From these waters in which you reside. 
 
 If you do not turn back within a day 
 
 Then you shall surely die ” 
 
 
 
 
 
 I woke from this dream in a panic, 
 
 Not sure of my place or the time. 
 
 My mind was filled with thoughts titanic, 
 
 Not noticing her incorrect rhyme. 
 
 
 
 
 
 And soon I fell back into my sleep. 
 
 The next morning, I awoke a new man. 
 
 Though the sea seemed just a little too deep, 
 
 And I longed for the comfort of land. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Though the day had been bright and sunny, 
 
 Stormy clouds soon covered the sky. 
 
 As rain pelted the ship I felt funny 
 
 “ This is it ”, I said, “ I shall die! ” 
 
 
 
 
 
 And then our ship went asunder 
 
 And I fell to my watery death. 
 
 It was my dark hubris, my blunder 
 
 That caused the very last breath. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Dear reader, I give you my moral, 
 
 So a happy life you may lead: 
 
 Though on the internet you may quarrel, 
 
 Don ’ t believe everything that you read.
