Neptune

Everyone stays in the shallows,

Where the wavelets break gently around ankles.

Or maybe, some might dare to go

Deep enough to feel just the slightest hint of the

Energy held within the murky depths –

But only so far – so as to not suffer any serious damage.

Just a small mark that quickly disappears

Having hardly been noticed at all.

Never venture forth beyond the breakers,

The current is swift and dangerous there.

What really lives there?

No one wants to know that those waters might contain

An ugliness, unbearable to view.

Something cold and hard

And not at all smooth.

A cacophony of sensations,

Are trapped deep in this ocean

A feeling nearly indescribable,

Except as powerful,

With deadly sharp debris.
Frightening whitecaps,

Each one fighting to come to shore and expose

The true nature of the beasts within.
Having been held back, in spite of their violence,
For time and memorial by a chemical bulkhead.

Protecting the delicate shoreline all around.

Like the vampire not invited in,

This surge is not invited out.

Releasing the force contained within this rolling sea

Would bring a destruction of all held onto as safe and true.

Especially crushing to those lurking on the edges

Behind smiling façades for so many years.

Feigning acceptance of that which they do not comprehend.

Loving only the simple calm lapping of rippling water,

Blind to the potential annihilation.

Their devastation would be complete.