It's Not Her, Its the Thing That Attacked

there's julia in the water
there's micheal in the water
one of them takes a dive

now micheal's in the water
michelle has been in the water
neither come back alive

michelle floats to the top,
micheal stays below
julia dives back in,

she does make it back,
but something attacked
there's blood, she is seen never again

there's harry in the water 
there's terri in the fire
terri can swim in the flames

but harry is burned
completely submerged
and ash in the water remains

the thing that attacked
is eating the ash
and then the remains of one more

the water is clear

terri dissappeared

and julia's back on the shore.


How did julia make it back?
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