Animals of the Deep

birthing chaos    
procrastinating  
sounds solely wept  
fossilized curtains    
   
rain refrains    
journeys through all skies  
sunken asunder    
volcanic ashen song    
whispers not a name  
   
each nautical act an art  
of letting go  
   
water spewing  
cyclopes  
cleanse my molecules  
I am one eyed    
monocle    
   
humanize me  
let dark red roses bloom  
from opaque  
   
hold these hands  
they are too empty  
to touch transparency  
   
her predictions  
spat out one eyed  
saints sailors  
merfolk finned folk  
   
paved these surfaces  
digging up ideologies  
where god lay    
in his cemented center  
   
amoeba cells  
altered each shape  
octopus oceanic  
ballet beckons  
   
melancholic  
mantic    
lucidity    
   
returns  
refrained  
   
sea lies adrift  
among deathbeds  
   
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Deep        
  within the ocean's heart        
light is scarce        
  yet sometimes rare        
—a little angler fish’s torch        
illuminates        
the darkness there        
       
A fishing lure        
  it softly sways        
temptation        
  in an endless haze        
so seldom seen        
amid the dark        
  a false beacon        
  of appetite        
          
Her humpbacked nature        
  in eerie depths        
where silence holds        
  its secrets tight        
this strange visage        
both fierce and shy        
  a fish of fables        
  with haunting rites        
       
Its world        
a place of liquid ink        
where ancient currents run        
beneath     
a ghostly melody         
no human ear    
  will ever know    
  nor voice ever sing       
       
This creature of nature        
—not lost but true        
a marvel hidden        
   from our view        
revealed herself        
   within our sight        
lured to death        
by a brighter light        
       
Choosing to die        
as she had lived        
  to free herself        
  from karmic debt

My sleep was awoken by the noise of a Lion, a Cricket and a Raccoon . It was weird. I looked outside and there was a red brick road that led to my garage. I walked into the garage and their were the three having tea with cookies. They all stopped whispering and looked at me in disgust. They asked me to please leave and follow the blue brick road for wisdom and the truth. I asked if I could have one cookie. The cricket stood up and said, "if you don't leave were going to chew on your body."      
     
I left. I decided to follow the blue brick road. As I did, I noticed the sky & atmosphere was becoming very thick and dense. The smell of the salt air was heavy. I really couldn't see much in front of me. Also, in the distance I heard this loud shrieking noise. I couldn't make sense of it, cause I couldn't see too well. Within a few yards, I saw men with torches. They were standing on the shoreline fighting off this large ass sea creature. The creature and I made eye contact. It stopped it's torment and terror with the men on the shoreline. He leaned towards me, since he was like 200 feet tall and said politely, "Today is hump day. Cheer Fia up, cause she don't like Wednesdays." I said will do. I left and went back home.