The Sunken Lady

I hear a blue heart
crying on the shore.
I see her tiny feet
dancing in the sea foam.

I feel a cold wind
tugging at my cloak…

Wait!

There’s a whisper
and a scream
from somewhere
down below.

The lightman, he says,

“Son, no door or rail
can protect you from
the Sunken Lady’s wail.

I swear it’s true, boy,
because the Sunken Queen
once sunk her claws
deep inside of me.”

…and I
should’ve
known…

As I sink
into the blackness
below,

my pallid lover
nibbles at the edges
of my soul,

and this thing
is something
that only the angler
fish would know…

FLEE,

FLEE,

FLEE,

from her wicked glow.

© CG Tenpenny, 2022.