She
coaxes men in like a seductress, the bones of her victims lying fathoms
underneath her folds. She never sleeps. Beguiling men for centuries
into mastering her. She is the Lord of all Creation, nurturing mother
and cruel mistress.
Salty and broken and weathered, the
sailor's eyes never dim of the sea. For they know the truth: we live by
the blue and we die by the blue...
© 2015 Angela Darling, Amontillado Publishing, All Rights Reserved.
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