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Beneath the endless waves lays a body Piscine and bow-legged; felt from miles away Next to it, I sit Lungs half-full, dappled sunlight caressing me An abyssal peace shared with none A third dimension for a third generation Thinking beyond forward and back, left and right To breach that holiest of axes; Z Shunned by most and ignored by the one I sought to share it with I retreat to this watery womb where I once hid When the fear that I blighted their's Was all-consuming and fruitful These beasts do stand on land Battered by the ridges we mastered Unable to see beyond X and Y A trio of terror; locked to two dimensions In the endless summer sun, it's easy to imagine Countless grains of sand, like stars in space A massive axe, a laptop, a condom A perfect weapon of your choosing I am your lord of summer A queen of the season I loathe the most A king of the titles they so adored Your eternal champion of sweat and rust Light and dark revolving around a spore Both ensconced as eternal and unbeatable Yet hesitant to ever return, lest it spoils the memory And reduces a house of cards to ash A world rises beneath my feet Forever tattooing truth upon the soil The beauty of the bite-sized Lost upon the target I aimed for Thus do futures slip away from them Forever wondering what they'd think of them Does it set your teeth to grinding the way mine do Watching our archetypes perform their symphony? Even in a golden age, I dreamt of another Ever wishing I lived a dream younger Only to look back fondly the older I get Laughter, not bitter, but admonishing So I drop back into that cerulean sunset And admire the beasts swimming leagues and aeons beneath Dragging my waterlogged frame back to shore For a piscine meal before the sun sets Life's a beach, and a lonely one at that But this lonely beach is forever cast in gold Eternally warm, but never burning An abyssal peace away from time.
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