Dreamland was about to become very nightmarish <br />In as much as the car in which we all were riding <br />Exceeded the careful demands of a sharp and winding curve <br />Thereby breaching the protective guardrail and plunging off the cliff <br />One hundred and fifty feet into the deep dark waters <br />Below <br />I survived the ordeal only to see the others drowning <br />With their eyes bulging as so many innocent guppies <br />About to be devoured by some ancient creature of the deep <br />The water’s pressure crushing their precious little lungs <br />And each releasing their final and last breath before descending <br />Deeper <br />But you being a cold blooded amphibious creature <br />All scaly like a fish and with a powerful reptilian tongue <br />Reached out for me from the cold water beneath my feet <br />And placing a firm and debilitating grasp on both my legs you pulled me <br />Undertow <br />A heavier handed metaphor than I’d ever before <br />Imagined<br /><br />Ted Sheridan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/aquarium-dreams/
