The stars are jellyfish,
The planet is a cloud.
Now our only wish
Is to touch the ground.
We live in space
In a hot air balloon
Longing to see the face
Of the Man on the Moon
Jellyfish
Once I had a wild wish
To be a jolly jellyfish,
A quietly quivering jellyfish
Shivering in the sea.
I did not crave to be a crab,
A sideways-scuttling, crusty scab
In sluggish sludge and dismal drab
At the bottom of the sea,
Nor wish to be a sucking sponge,
Sea-sway drudge of the fathoms' plunge,
Dredging supper from the soupy gunge
In the dungeons of the sea.
I might have wished for shark or whale,
To lord the oceanic trail,
My dorsal fin a regal sail,
Imperial in the sea;
Or dared to dash through the dolphin waves,
Gliding where the wild seas rave,
Dive to a shipwreck's sunken grave,
Sunken deep in the sea.
Instead, I wished for a jellyfish,
A parachuting jellyfish,
A gossamer drift in the seas' vast dish;
That's what I wished for me.
jeopardized jellyfish jangled jagged jewels.
Jingling jolly jovial jim-dandy jellybeans.
Jellyfish jocundity joyously jostling jubilantly.
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until heedless prey appears - zap!
Many mountains, seas, women, and dollars made
But for you only was each moment played
As an aged wine flask, your decrepit skin cracks
As flaccid muscles bend your creaking back
Hard hammer toes hamper your stiff walking style
Toilet king, bilious bombard of bile
Fog obscures your mind, only to rise again
Wishing for many things which might have been
Stung as by tzetse flies you cannot forget
Fantasies won’t revive corpses of regret
Too late, with dreams drooling down your hoary chin
Awaken to the state you are now in -
A dream without legs, with all hope beyond reach -
A jellyfish sunbathing on a beach.
Jellyfish drift,
ethereal and free
Their bodies translucent, a mystery.
They dance with moonlight’s gentle kiss
In midnight currents, they reminisce.
Flowing freely
Blissfully unaware of
her own existence,
yet somehow he still
managed to get on her
nerves
Creations of the almighty are inexplicable,
The Bee Hummingbird to the blue whale or the elephant,
Each creature has a unique form and shape; admissible!
Whether they're the same in stamina is irrelevant...!
Umbrellas-like in multicolor; no handle to hold,
Jellies of strings and ribbons interior-decorate;
Though flexible as though frail creatures, they are truly bold,
Water-color-like, they camouflage and consume the bait...!
Their swimming is like ballet dance in colored costumes,
With poisonous spray how ghastly they paralyze their prey!
Midst sea horses and other animals are their great glooms,
Mystically and miraculously they thrive each day...!
Like lonely stars of the sky are jellyfish in the sea,
Midst changing and churning waters, they are merrily free...!!!
magical sea blooms
floating jelly umbrellas
docile and deadly . . .
graceful seductions soon sting,
sea life's fatal attraction!
In jellyfish forest they float under the skies
Black and white bark and leaves shadow
Weaving amid trees to skirt prying eyes
In jellyfish forest
No time passes here at a place we don't know
In a dimension of lowly hushes and sighs
Somehow I still hope myself worthy to go
Few things here live although nothing dies
Branches tangled in nightfall row after row
To swim in their sky they've cut all their ties
In jellyfish forest
On a cruise ship in the sea
breaking blue waves peacefully,
yet once we land and I descend
the coral moves and shifts and bends.
Out comes something small and sweet
but packing punch; I know I'm beat.
A jellyfish: minuscule and bright
it shocks me and I'm full of light.
Grappling to the surface now
with water dripping off my brow,
"that sucked" I think, "It hurt like hell."
My trip to Jamaica sure was swell.
Two children stand in wonder
As a Jellyfish floats by
It's not in the water
But suspended in the sky
The canopy extended
Tentacles hang down
What a tale they have to tell
When next they go to town
The sea is bathed in moonlight
Their feet in salty foam
Stars will guide them on their way
When they turn their heads for home
A tale they'll tell their Mum and Dad
Who will have doubt on what they saw
A spaceship like a Jellyfish
Against all natures law
Jellyfish have no brains and still cope
For 500 million years, that gives me new hope
My brain's a good one
But it's on vacation
People still leave me really weird notes
Little jellyfish was jealous of the fish and the coral
Especially the sea horse ridden by mermaid Laurel
She was by far the prettiest siren in the blue sea
He dared not touch her, but he loved her truly.
His mama berated him in an ocean whirl.
So he turned his mind to her sister, the lovely siren Pearl.
Pearl loved starfish but starfish was grumpy and old.
Jellyfish might ask her out, this mermaid, hair of gold.
Snail friend stopped him, pointing out loud and sharp.
Beautiful music Mermaid Shay played on her pretty harp.
Shay is the one to date, and she is close at hand.
We can use her talents in our ocean friendly band!
None ended up with the mermaids that fateful cool day.
For the sirens moved on that night to a place far far away.
Jellyfish pouted the rest of his sea worthy salty life.
He never married or played again, and took no one for wife.
Exploring a new part of the sea
Starfish did not feel free
Observing different type of fish
Thinking what the F. is this
“In this big open sea
None of the fish live free.”
She swim , she swam
Realizing it is all a scam
Fish so grey and fake
“Am I the only one who is awake”
Meanwhile deep under the sea
Jellyfish was sipping her tea
Pondering her wish
Hoping to meet a free fish
She swam alone
Exploring the unknown
Two fish wandering the ocean
Following their own motion
The flow of the stream
Is about to create a dream
Starfish and Jellyfish collide
They have nothing to hide
Colors and shades so true
Only thing they could do
Is say…….
I love you
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