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Sara Trivelpiece Apr 2013
I am shallow.
I have that physical checklist,
of eyes, hair, body.
Impress me.
I'd say it's just my programming,
but that's not the whole story.

I am mesopelagic.
Sometimes all I need is a smile,
a witty remark, a spark.
The true person lurking
just below the shallow water.
Light still reaches here,
but it's not as important
what the eyes see.

I am abyssal.
There is only darkness here.
It doesn't matter what you look like,
I have fallen far for you.
I do not need any light to know why,
I just know I would stay down here forever.

I crave a love so deep
the ocean would be jealous.
will Aug 2019
656 feet and 3,281 feet
I can faintly see the sun
I couldn't imagine
what you would think

I love my dear friends
they're strange and lovely
from joseph the swordfish
and mrs. and ms. wolf eel

I think you'd be interested
in my crazy silly things
I'm the "twilight zone"
I hear that mocking theme
Hey, I'm the Mesopelagic! You can call me the middle pelagic or twilight zone. I'm also known as the midwater! I love my strange creatures and choppy waves. Sunlight only glimmers faintly in my deep waves.

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