saturday | october 1 | 2011

davy jones' successor.

where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

when my father gave me this key,

he said that it would open to me,

an endless reserve of treasure.

"where," asked i, with plunderous thoughts,

"might this treasure be found?" and begged

him, please, for an "x" to mark the spot.

"try as you might," responded he,

"you'll never find the chest. for

Only One knows where this treasure lies."

but his first words of vast wealth

had already staked their claim,

and i was bent on conquest.

i scoured the seas

and pillaged the people

of many a mountain town.

i sought high and low

through morning and night

in search of this great gold.

i was met with utter despair

as lock after lock grinned with malicious intent,

and tightly remained secured.

for twenty years i searched

and never once came close.

but now the Mystery of this bitter key

plagued me most of all.

and then one day, i came to

an isle, that, save for One Man,

seemed all but deserted.

"greeting, pilgrim," said He to i,

as he sat on a hill, against a great Tree,

though the Tree seemed held up by Him.

"a great treasure, I see, is that which you seek."

He discerned as He gazed in my eye.

wearied with work, i only could nod.

"you have no map," He prophesied,

"and your journey as led you here."

i dimly agreed, and He bid me to sit.

"i know where to find that which has been

the longing of your life's looking."

and with these words i sat up aright and begged Him tell me more.

no longer in want for this great wealth

but only with desire to be set free,

i told Him all i'd done.

He said He could lead me and offered me rest

as He saw i was beleaguered. but the price

for which He offered this freedom was the contents of what we find.

i gladly agreed, "all i have is Thine,"

and surrendered the contents of the chest.

he looked in my soul and said that all that remained was the key.

after great struggle i managed to find

the strength to loose the key from my neck.

i gave it to Him, and with that He grinned and called me "friend."

He bade me lie down and open my shirt,

and for some strange purpose,

i did His command.

and with one motion, He came over to me,

and stuck the key deep in my chest.

He unlocked my ribs and removed my heart,

and said, "I'll keep this treasure with Mine."