Blood Red Moon Returns To the Sea

Moon turned blood red

Undertaker gathered dead

stacked flesh 

cordwood piles

lifeless bodies 

stretched miles

Pale horse rider 

ascends 

***

shooting stars 

black sky

loved ones said 

goodbyes

abomination of desolation

touched every nation

lost souls 

in chains did descend

***

princes generals 

did decree

rider approached 

with a key

priests made 

sacred offerings

the rich hid 

in fortresses 

horror impossible 

to comprehend 

***

clouds parted 

black sunshine 

plague spared 

no bloodline

people crying 

simply prayed

ransom offering 

was repaid

Many died alone 

without a friend

***

wise ones 

spoke of prophecy 

their words 

carried authority

false teachers 

spoke only lies

against blackened 

falling skies

Floating down 

that muddy riverbend

***

door to freedom 

was narrow

from above 

fell a sparrow

life for many 

soon did cease 

wars raged 

without peace

All kingdoms rise 

All kingdoms fall

***

few in these times 

are moral

We continue to 

fight and quarrel

false gods 

fall from on high

most live in fear 

hiding inside

Some actions in life 

we can't defend

***

ones who 

followed 

the sacred laws

they were saved 

despite their flaws

they had lived life 

based on love

in a rainbow

the few saw a dove

they alone 

from this hell 

did transcend

***

I stood back alone 

Looking up at the 

Blood Red Moon

Listening to the ocean

Waters rising

Lapping my feet

Waters rising

***

I saw AMPHITRITE

She stole my heart

The Goddess Brizo

Sent prophetic dreams 

The dolphin God Delphin

Gave me a ride

To the eye of the hurricane 

I called on the Goddess Leucothea

Who rescues lost sailors 

She ignored me

I called on the Goddess Dynamene

She has great power over the ocean

She smiled and disappeared 

I called on the Goddess Galene

"Please may the waters be calm?"

A huge wave sent me under

I called on the Goddess Psamathe

"Please take me to your golden beaches."

I descended to the bottom of the ocean

Trapped in sludge 

Mermaids watched over me powerless 

Singing ocean funeral hymns 

As salt water filled my lungs

The sea God POSEIDON

The King of the sea

My last hope

He said

"Tonight you will sleep with the fishes!"

***

At first I felt despair 

I then realized  

all water

Flows to the sea

Surrendered 

It ok going under

Flowing

Returning home 

Smiling

I cried one tear

Goddesses of the sea

Voices haunting and beautiful 

Led me to the next world 

enchanted songs 

I love the ocean depths 

Up through the water

The Blood Red Moon smiled

Setting in the sea

Bathing me in silence 

Pure 

Silence 

Set me free

In my lifes

Vast

Sea

***

David Penn Trinley Arndt 2022.