From crimson crests it crept
Under crescent moon and waves

From cragged depths it clicked
And left behind a veil of flames

A thousand tendrils billowed
From its mouth glowing grey

And once upon the earth, it stared
And quietly went away

        Like a table of glass, the ocean was still

        It hooked its claws in the base of the world
     
        Inhaled a thousand aquatic souls

        And drifted back into the cold


-2008