Drabble: 'The Best That Ever Sailed'

[dwgm]

A hundred words for the 'batter' prompt from a couple of weeks ago at blackpearlsails.



~ The Best That Ever Sailed ~

Battered by Fate, marked by a thousand encounters with foe and friend alike. Worn by years of toil and painful longing. Yet still beautiful, still possessed of a gaiety, a courage that caught the wind with heady bravado and turned toward the sun with hope that would not be dashed.

“The best that ever sailed, Miss Elizabeth.” Gibbs paused for a moment at the top of the rise to look down on the Pearl, embraced by sapphire waters and lush banks in this unnamed inlet.

And Elizabeth, seeing her captain taking his ease on the distant quarterdeck, had to agree.


~.~

Comments

[artaxastra.livejournal.com]

Awww! Yes indeed! He's a bit battered and marked himself, but still the best that ever sailed!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Indeed he is. :)

Thank you, again, for reading and commenting.