The Torchbearer

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