1. Heart of the Ocean
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Jack stands atop the mast of the Pearl as she sails the open seas. It is yet again twilight. The 62nd twilight spent without me. Jack stares long and hard into the distance. Down below he hears Gibbs humming a simple Celtic melody. Jack glances down at Gibbs, who is gathering rope as he hums the tune. Jack quickly grabs a rope and swings down to the main deck.
"Mr. Gibbs! What is that song ye be singing?" Jack demands hastily.
"It be nothin' cap'n! Just a simple melody I learned once back in England when I sailed for the Royal Navy," he replies.
"I see. Well, I like it. Keep singing it," Jack says as he commences to his cabin and shuts the door. He takes a seat at his desk and lights his lamp. He sits there momentarily thinking. H picks up the plume lying casually on the desk and dips it in ink. He scribbles his name quickly on a scrap piece of paper:: Captain Jack Sparrow. He studies his script briefly and then glances at the candle near his window. He raises an eyebrow and begins to write.
Candlelight dies at the window
And the night wind blows soft from the sea
Though I lie in your arms, I'm a thousand miles away
On the waves sailing fast, sailing free
He pauses and reads the text out loud to himself. He nods and continues to write further.
Now I'm bound for the heart of the ocean
I'm riding the sea in my soul
In the dark and the deep
She will rock me to sleep
Down below... where the black waters roll
"Let's see—another stanza," he says aloud, dipping his plume into the ink.
When the sea birds cry out in the morning
And the sun lays its kiss on the sand
I'll be drawn to the shore
Like so many times before
As I long to be far from the land.
"Now I'll repeat the second stanza 'ere," he says to himself, as he copies the second stanz down onto the paper.
Now I'm bound for the heart of the ocean
I'm riding the sea in my soul
In the dark and the deep
She will rock me to sleep
Down below... where the black waters roll
He pauses and closes his eyes momentarily, remembering the twilight he saw me last. He opens his eyes, dips in plume in the ink and writes the memory on paper.
Jack reads the poem aloud to himself and nods in satisfaction. "It's been too long since I written anything like this," he chuckles to himself. He blows on the ink to dry then goes to fold the paper, but he hesitates. He quickly dips his pen into the ink one final time and scribbles something at the bottom of the page.
For Lindsey ,
Love Jack
He blows on the ink, drying it. He then fold the paper and leaves his cabin.
"GIBBS!" Jack hollers. Gibbs comes running to Jack.
"Aye Cap'n!" He exclaims.
"That song ye were hummin', sing it now," Jack says as he pulls out the paper. Gibbs hums the song and Jack mumbles the poem he's just written with Gibbs's melody.
"What is it that ye fancy so much with th' song?" Gibbs asks, once he's finished.
"This," Jack says as he shows Gibbs the poem he's written. "Sing that melody with these words,"
Gibbs sings the first stanza and looks at Jack when he finishes.
"It's quite emotional, Cap'n!" Gibbs exclaims.
"Aye it is!" Jack agrees as he folds the paper and places in his belt. "It's for 'er," he says finally.
"I gathered, judgin' by th' 'for Lindsey, love Jack' scribbled at the bottom o' the page," Gibbs chuckles. Jack let's out a brief laugh and nods his head.
"Right, I knew that," he says with a smile.
"Are ye plannin' on goin' t' 'er soon, cap'n?" Gibbs asks.
"Aye—Will and Elizabeth's weddin' is comin' up soon and I promised 'er I'd go t' 'er and tell 'er when it is and so forth," he replies. "I 'ad be thinkin' to leave for 'er after we reached Nassau Port, but I'm thinkin' I should go 't 'er before that way by th' time ye arrive in port, she an' I will be back here t'gether," Jack explains to Gibbs.
"So, cap'n, would the Pearl be sailin' under me command while yer gone?" Gibbs asks.
"Aye, ye sail 'er true, Mr. Gibbs," Jack states as he pats Gibbs on the back.
"Take care, cap'n. We'll be seein' ye in Nassau!" Gibbs states.
"It's about a three day journey from 'ere," Jack calls to Gibbs as he tosses him the compass.
"Aye cap'n!" Gibbs calls back as he catches Jack's compass.
Inside his cabin, Jack takes the pouch with the powder made from leaves of the tree of the Sun King and sprinkles a bit in his hand. He closes the pouch and tucks it into his inner coat pocket. He double checks the paper in his belt and then rubs the powder under his nose. He takes in the powder as he sits at the desk. His legs begin to go limp and he begins feeling lightheaded as he fades away.