my heart
exists in
the hadal zone
where the
pressure exerted
allows no life
to thrive

shimmering
translucency
flashing
pleas for help
in bioluminescent
distress only
signaling a
predatory response
in open arms

i love like
a marianas snail fish
feeds on anthropods
a secondary set of
jaws in the quadrants
of my everdreaming
heart keeping each
lover trapped forever
in the darkest night
at the lowest depths
humanly imaginable