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01-10-2005, 05:09 PM
Hail Pete,

being a scuba diver, I sometimes wonder why there are so few poems about the Ocean, and especially the Ocean beneath its surface, that place being the wonderful one it is. Looking for some poems about it, I stumbled across this one, penned by Chris Hill. Makes me goosehairy whenever I read it:

Narcosis

Downwards, ever downwards finning
Down into the watery world
Down towards narcosis frontiers
Where the mind meets Morpheus‘ furls

Coral, kelp with colours fading
Sombre hues predominate
Asthmatic breathing turns metallic
At a hundred's water weight

Past the silhouetted seaweed
There before a yawning cave
Stands a shadowy figure beckoning
Stands before a shallow grave

From the cave is heard a chanting
Then an organ's mournful dirge
Swelling to a glorious anthem
Stills all but the ocean's surge

On the gravestone is a warning
Warning those who plumb the deep
Not to cross the rapturous frontier
Not to chance eternal sleep

Slowly upwards. Near the surface
Sunbeams sparkle in their play
Burning bright each sombre colour
Fading rapturous dreams away


Take care,

Lord_Olf
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A thread neither mad nor sad. - by --Pete - 01-09-2005, 03:10 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by DeeBye - 01-09-2005, 03:36 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Doc - 01-09-2005, 03:41 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Armin - 01-09-2005, 09:27 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by --Pete - 01-09-2005, 12:46 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by [wcip]Angel - 01-09-2005, 01:41 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by pakman - 01-09-2005, 03:16 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Doc - 01-09-2005, 03:46 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Occhidiangela - 01-09-2005, 04:42 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by LochnarITB - 01-09-2005, 09:37 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Doc - 01-09-2005, 10:16 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Dozer - 01-09-2005, 11:18 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by ShadowHM - 01-10-2005, 12:00 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Leshy - 01-10-2005, 12:46 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by LemmingofGlory - 01-10-2005, 01:24 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by whyBish - 01-10-2005, 04:26 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by whyBish - 01-10-2005, 04:43 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Raven Vale - 01-10-2005, 08:36 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by ShadowHM - 01-10-2005, 12:31 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by --Pete - 01-10-2005, 04:09 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Lord_Olf - 01-10-2005, 05:00 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Lord_Olf - 01-10-2005, 05:04 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Lord_Olf - 01-10-2005, 05:09 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by --Pete - 01-10-2005, 05:19 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by --Pete - 01-10-2005, 05:28 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Rinnhart - 01-10-2005, 05:30 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by kandrathe - 01-10-2005, 08:39 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by --Pete - 01-10-2005, 08:58 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by kandrathe - 01-10-2005, 08:59 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Copadope - 01-11-2005, 06:36 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Lord_Olf - 01-11-2005, 08:17 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Lord_Olf - 01-11-2005, 08:30 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Tal - 01-11-2005, 03:39 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by --Pete - 01-11-2005, 03:53 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Dozer - 01-11-2005, 08:37 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by --Pete - 01-11-2005, 10:18 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Occhidiangela - 01-12-2005, 02:58 AM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Simm - 01-12-2005, 04:53 PM
A thread neither mad nor sad. - by Dan Solo - 01-13-2005, 03:06 PM

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