bubbles warble
in the
rigidity of
soundlessness
permeating
these vast
ebony depths

a
jellyfish
alight
with
bioluminescent
tentacles
hangs
motionless
a
lantern
entangled
with
writhing
fish

a dream of mermaids
with black eyes
and shark tooth smiles
long hair waving
kelp in the perpetual
flowing currents
sprays of black blood
drawing in predators

as bubbles
warble in the
rigidity of
soundlessness
pressing in
from all sides