See the world being translated
into a language that is forbidden
by our father, by our son
by our spirit that is shaking in disbelief
into this land we fall
into this hole we swim
deeper and deeper into a trench
a city underwater
soaked in the remains of the extinct
who once lived great lives
shaping the world into earth
molding the earth into graves
A city underwater
with structures of perfect cuboids
barely touching the heavens above
an island of paradise
a shadowing cloud of darkness
obstructing the blinding white light
gifted to them by the sky
the sun and the stars
photosynthesizing the blue
pink, red, yellow corals
cheerfully humming to the sorrowful tune
of a disappeared light
"we were born together
and will die together
because we love each other
but what is love?"
The underwater people
head of a fish
eyes of a cat
lips of a horse
flippers of a tortoise
body of a gorilla
tentacles of a squid
shell of a lobster
feathers of a peacock
truly a beautiful species
an amalgamation of the brightest pearls of life
extinct
I walk along the corridor
of the office on the twenty-fifth floor
of a perfectly cuboid tower
as the structure no longer reaches for the heavens
not even barely there
a mile away
maybe five miles away
I have not sunken deeper
nor have I risen towards the surface
yet I am suffocating
as I walk along the corridor of elevators
painted with an arid yellow-orange tint
the humidity of the room is being swallowed
by the parched sapphire-laced chandelier
as I choke on the driest water
consumed by the waterless sea
the elevator door splits open
and my sight fixates onto
an underwater person
with their fish-head and cat-eyes
a question leaks out of their horse-lips
"Is beauty
truly extinct?"
I enter the elevator
my mind clouded with thoughts
lost in a labyrinth of endless questions and
meaningless answers
as the underwater person squeezes my hand
with their tortoise-flipper
as their gorilla-body suddenly embraces me
as their squid-tentacles wrap around me
my face flattened by the hardness of their lobster-shell
as the elevator rises
but we were already
at the
topmost floor
As we break through the roof
the ceramic elevator walls and floors
melt into glass
as we continue rising
the underwater city bares its naked self
a thousand perfect cuboids
arranged in a perfect matrix
and squeezed in between them
are the corals who were philosophizing about love
the millions of intelligent corals
focus their gaze onto me and
the underwater person
who is now me
who has always been me
as I bring both hands together
clasping my palms
I tilt my fish-head upwards
as the sun and the stars
are gradually within my reach
I spread my peacock-feathers wide apart
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
as I pray to the heavens
to welcome my presence
like a rainbow piercing the atmosphere
"I came from a perfect sea
to deliver a deep prayer
just for this, I have rose free
and our city now lay bare,
help us plant love in a tree
shine your light onto our air
our rainbow corals shall plea
for us to be in your care,"
As days have passed
as weeks have flown by
as months waved goodbye
I walk along the corridor
of the office on the twenty-fifth floor
I sit at my desk
I stare at the scary horde of numbers and letters
on my computer screen
I sigh
The same cycle
over and over again
it is always me
it has always been just me
I get up from my desk
I walk towards the elevator
as the door splits open
I see no fish-heads
I see no peacock-feathers
just a red coral
a blue coral
too many colorful corals
humming to the beautiful tune
of a returned light
"Beauty cannot
be extinct
for you are
the truest beauty"
"You are beautiful
because of your love
towards us
towards yourself"
"Thank you far too much
for you saved our lives
now, let us save yours
please, don't go..."
As those words make their way
into the depths of my conscience
my cat-eyes redden and
I cry.
