Some Jellyfish fly free
In the lonesome rice-wine sea
I cannot in myself be
As single sweetening algae

That you are
Is by far
The most alluring
Your upside’s down assuring

Juvenile fish
Who have one wish
Swim about in each direction
Craving only their own protection

I prefer the Jellyfish Lake
It has a certain give and take
The sun has always made me one
And I don’t ask for much but home

Drifting entangled
Nematocysts in symphony
Daring to touch
And eating Sushi

Stingers abound
But in you I found
A long lost love
For light above

Someday Perhaps
In certain relax
We could float
Beneath one boat

You pull me
                        D
                            O
                               W
                                   N
My mind says no
but my body is agreeing to your ripping claws
poisonous tendrils
nematocysts
I can only see you in the right light
translucency blending in the oceans tide
where I am
                D
                  R
                    O
                     W
                       N
                         I
                          N
                           G
                         I want to be saved
here comes the next wave
I go under again
Down to the bottom to never be
                                                        F
                                                          O
                                                            U
                                                              N
                                                                D
A gurgling bubbling twisted crown
the only tiny remaining

S
  O
    U
      N
         D
As it hits the silent sandy ocean bottom.

Cherie Nolan © 2016

Apparitions floating,
in a saline sea,
glowing hyper-color,
simply adrift and free.

Armed tentacles,
search and reach and twist,
seeking out a meal,
to **** with nematocysts.

Dangerous beauty,
floating free,
somewhere in,
the deep blue sea.