1858 - The Surfacing

 

Image by ChatGPT with human post-editing.

Curiously two prompt sites had Kraken themes:

Poets and Storytellers and dVerse Poets

The Surfacing

(Subtitle: The Kraken wakes)

Fear.

Dread.

Anxiety.

The emotional ambush

By monsters—

Long stored,

Deep harboured.

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An awakening

That pulls you under,

Attempts to drown you

In a sea

Of thoughts,

Of imaginations,

Of reimagined past.

Sharpened,

Brighter,

Repolished,

Relived again,

In the fresh waters

Of now.

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But here is the catch:

The monster is not the problem.

It is the ship that matters—

A good ship—strong hulled, well crewed—

Will passage safely.

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Light footnote:

The Crackin’ Wakes.

A breakfast: eggs on toast,

With Santucci’s as the host.

It gives me the spot

To write quite a lot—

So people can ignore my post.

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