Asleep With The Fishes



Asleep With The Fishes

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I stood back alone 
Looking up at the 
Blood Red Moon

Listening to the ocean
Waters rising
Lapping my feet
Waters rising

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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 colossal 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 saltwater 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's 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 life's
Vast
Sea 

*** 

David Arndt 2022

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Artwork Edu Mancin

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