Sea Monster

• Mikaela Borgas, Grade 9
• Poetry
• 2008

I look out at the wailing sea
Every wave like an arm
Curling to get me
To swallow my body in the blackness

The moonlight reaches down and touches the water
And the whirling blackness shimmers back in glory
It is whispering to me
Every crash of a wave is another word

It wants me to go out there
Into the blackness
Into its clutches
It knows I wont resist

Board in hand I step into the shallows
Its fingers curl around my feet
And start to pull me in
I step again and again, further into its control

The water at my waist
The blackness all around me
I am alone
But I feal it watching me

I slide onto my board
The air outside is bitter
But my heart is warm
As I start to paddle

I feal the water as it touches my feet
I trust my arms through the water
Each time I leave a scar
In the sea monsters pride

The water is enraged
The waves crash around me
I am thrown off my board
My guardian, my life-support

It tackles my to the ground
I feal a splitting sting on my head
I struggle back, reaching for the surface
But the darkness is never ending

I beg for mercy
But the sea monster is unforgiving
As I try to grapple my way to freedom
I know all hope is lost

The battle is over
And I know who has won
The last thought that crossed my mind
Was the stupid thing I had last done