Best Benthic Poems

in the twilight zones
of the ocean
you will find me
dimly lit from within
for camouflage, for
spotting those I fear
would steal my hazy glow

I am surrounded by
others who linger here,
half-blind, swimming aimlessly,
waiting for the brightness
that never comes

would that I could rise up
out of this doltish, 
bathypelagic state,
break through...

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