Ripples in Water
skipping stones, alone
angry at them, and worlds
when I hear a caplunk.
water ripples surround
deathly still
vast circle
rock locked in place.
drawn forward in
hysteria, heart pounding
swimming out to meet
stillness creeping.
down into my bones
I struggle to stay afloat.
bubbles gargle out
body drug into the depths.
below the deepest reaches
beyond bottomless.
darkness encroachs.
awaken in a field of steel
walls glimmer in a dank darkness
a roof bowling out from center
crystal pillars surround me
7 in groups of three.
summoned from depths
an unholy spirit of black cloak
appear before me devil's arm.
red spheres break the black
ghastly figure draws out
a grotesque knife, crooked
misty black, dripping ink
and into my chest, it sinks.
Terror, life rising, then falls
walls crumbling all around
floor erupting in sparks.
room goes dark.
chest up then down.
air rushing in.
a body washed up on shore.
7/22/22 - Andy McRae
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