Blackwater Tale

Written by: Delmar of Hardrock

I let myself drift into murky waters,

Slip into a glistening broth.

The sea calls us to dive in further

For family we must locate below.

Wade closer to the darker bottom,

A hole of hollow and deep cold.

Perhaps I’ve slipped far into yonder

Beyond the reach of family’s warm touch.

A shrill cry in the deepwater

From creatures whose throats are not my own.

A place meant for no Nereid or any in Brine.

A place of terror and unfathomable dark.

Where void and water meet,

Where light’s existence is null,

Where family go to die and wither

The blackwater down below.