The Blue Abyss
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Listen close, for do you hear the thunder of the waves
Like so many white capped mountains crumbling
Crashing with such a sound that no distance can stave
And which to any man, no matter how great, is humbling
And yet, this rancor hides the true well of fear
A creature who, currently, is transversing,hidden rivers
Sailing on cries, moans, and undried tears
Atop currents cold enough to make the north wind shiver
And so this unnamed terror swivels its dark eyes
Searching for something vast, on which to dine
Spotting at once a small ship, who at anchor lies
The foul beast loses any thoughts benign
And so it launches forth, what seems a hundred hands
Rictus mirth merging with cold unbound hate
Slamming through prudence's safeguarding bands
a cry goes out in dread, yet it’s much too late
Slowly pulling the doomed ship down below the tide
The dark beast lashes the poor souls in its fell grip
Using their water logged cries for its horrid guide
Bringing the soggy bodies to its razing lips
Sucking the marrow into its gnashing jaws
Sinking deeper and deeper into its joy
As it pulls the ship further into its maw
Eyes burning brighter than the last days of Troy
The creature, cloaked in a darkly infernal light
Recedes back to the lightless land, from whence it came
Enveloping itself in a darkness blacker than night
Yet still with a dismal hunger, that for now is a low flame
Gone for the time, yet never completely sated
Eyes shining in elation from its crime
Its sinks into the black, its dire return fated
hope left fleeting, as thought are lost in time