Underwater now
Falling leaf
Bubbles rise to heaven
Abandon ship
Limbo now
Surface and floor
Still silently downward
Slower than before
The leak was discovered
A patch, a plug, a fix
Still a chance to stay a float
Still the light, still the air
To no avail, effort spent
Water consuming every inch
All in vain to prevent
This creation unintended
Slowly inching, blacker still
No patch available
No fix on deck
To bring this ship back to surface
Has it been decided?
Is this the fate?
Haven’t hit the bottom
Is there still some other way?
Worthless, not worthy
Of any real effort
Lost to the sea
A child of the water
Not the end, oh no
A new, your purpose is
In the depths you provide
A new home, in your death
But is that why you were created
Is that what you wanted
To be below the surface
And your existence forgotten
Save yourself, you can’t
Molded by unloving hands
To the depths, we say farewell
With a tip of the captain’s hat
-Quasimodo
