The Rime of the Young Mariner Like in the old Rime I aimed and slayed the albatross the only difference: mine has blonde hair, brown eyes, and lip gloss I gave into fate naught but two years in the past but life sailed south, blown by the clocks winds much too fast she crossed an ocean and planted her roots down to remain our feelings had torn and gusts of time changed them to disdain When she flew too close for much longer than she should of I got my crossbow and broke apart our dwindling love After that clouds fell, my luck had been lost with my shot, my life went astray, my epoch caught on a knot the albatross died but she wouldnt let herself believe that the snakes swimming around me were slowly going to leave all of a sudden I looked at the future and had to think Water water everywhere and gulps of it to drink but my albatross, she came back to retain me and brought her tools of pain and guilt to large degrees Over the phone lines the ghost ship traveled and took away happiness but my feelings stayed and she got the idea to leave me depressed on the horizon the sun showed its face to mine an angel appeared an albatross, but a different one this time she pulled my boat back north to where it got off course she chanted her words and cured me from my pain and remorse My hurt all gone a forest of happiness has again grown but in my forest, the seeds of love are hidden, and sown The ending for the mariner was far less gruesome for me than he but after alls done the ending wont be so bad for me