The Medusa was sinking.
Water breached the hull roughly 200 ft from the shore.
It made quick work of swallowing the ship.
Wind and waves in unison assured a trench turned grave.
The wood moaned, it creaked in pain with every sway.
As panic rained on in a pounding monotonous hum
A mop of hair and wet heaving breath began to rise.
Inching closer to the puffs of cursed sky
She lept,
before she even thought to hold her breath.
Her figure cut through the black sea.
She died a knife,
a weapon
And offered her last thoughts
Not as prayer
but as condemning fact:
“I am the Medusa and the Medusa has always been me.”
– SC
sheila sea 
I feel I may have drifted into deeper waters in this. Love it!
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haha super deep, I hope! Thank you for coming by. 🙂
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Reblogged this on wwwpalfitness.
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Very good feel to it.
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Feel is very important, thank you. 🙂
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Wow. This is deep. it’s a nice piece.
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Thank you.. could we say it’s as deep as the ocean? lol, I’m sorry, I couldn’t help it. Thank you for coming by. 😉
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Plunge into the universe and let it know you!
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I’M TRYING JOHNNY WIRTH. IM TRYING BUT THE UNIVERSE KEEPS SPITTING ME OUT.
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There’s something really arresting about the first line “The Medusa was sinking.” Maybe it seems rare for a poem to have a vivid, complete thought as the first line?
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Yeah! I think so, too. I like to pretty do whatever I want and ignore the rules of grammar and poetry altogether. haha, it bores me to restrained!
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great descriptions
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Thank you!
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Very evocative imagery…..really conjures marvelous images. 🙂
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Thank you, I’m glad you think so. 🙂
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“The wood moaned, it creaked in pain with every sway. ”
very nice line.
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Thank you, it’s one of my favorites.
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Ah! But you have a way with words! I like that. Thanks for your visit and your follow. I’ll do the same. 🙂
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Thank you! Looking forward to it!
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