Of late large clumps of black sea weed

Have been washed up on the beach

There is no rational explanation for this

 

The Genoa was sunk off of Kingsdown in 1945

She hit a lazy mine and sank within the hour

There were no fatalities apart from the ships cat

 

I am a survivor from the sinking of the Genoa

And have lived in Kingsdown ever since

I often think of the ships cat who was named Isaac

 

He was a large tabby and the best mouser

That I have ever seen his exploits were legendary

But he could not swim and drowned with the mice

 

Before I was rescued that day from the sinful sea

I saw clumps of black seaweed such as I have seen recently

The years may have passed but I still feel the same discomfort