The Blue Hole
I stood above the bottomless hole
A little way from the brim
And saw its waters, menacing, cold
Blue too when sun was dim
Away behind the Orange Grove church
Where rocks give way to swamp
A power silent at me did lurch
My sweating hands very cramp
I struggled to look away from it
The water's blue seduction
The presence of an awesome spirit
Pulling me for destruction
My father warned me I should not go
Let curiosity dry
But stories I heard tugged at me so
Father's wish I did defy
For I am Maroon too like them all
Like Reddicas who dived in
Left in spring and stayed until the fall
Grand uncle forgive my sin
For the lore told of you like sweet tropes
Each myth your legend more swell
Great seer, I bring my heart and its hopes
To learn the place where you dwell
But all I saw was picture of sky
And a blue malignant eye
A silence where no winds ever sigh
And sudden awe - I could die
They said I should hear the sea's deep call
Or the earth's belly yearning
Feel, but all there was my fear to fall
And blue hole without meaning
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