Title: Hook

Author: JMBarrie

Crushing the smiles

from their faces

with his cruel hook

his eyes glint like frozen ice.

He is James Hook,

captain of the Jolly Roger,

dressed in crushed velvet

embroidered with gold

and black leather boots

with silver buckles.

He stands tall and alert,

his senses prickling,

for he can feel

the waves in the air

for the smallest disburbance.

He is the only one that waits

for revenge, and kills

because he loathes an hates.

A childs' hand brushes his cheek

and the crow of laughter fills his ears,

he strikes with a flash of steel,

and his eyes grow red with anger.

It is in this cursed land where

eternal youth rules

he can never win.