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Blind White Crabs

Jameos del Agua

By Elaine Ruth WhitePublished 3 years ago 1 min read
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Illustration by Zara Reid

Blind White Crabs

Beneath a cindered canopy

spread low on a pumiced scene

they mimic the clear night sky

a sky they've never seen

but dream of in that way

minute crustaceans dream

in air-laced pools formed long ago

by spewed out magma rivers

now frozen lava flow.

And as their dark grows ever darker

they wait in silent concentration

intent on capturing some flicker

some impulse that will push them on

lead them somewhere brighter

unaware their soft external skeleton

won't protect them, not out there

that fragile selves will perish

beyond the cold perimeter

of this desolate, blackened parish

that small albino crabs have no defence

in a world that's bright and garish.

And still they crowd, as if a sense

of something greater beckons

incites them all to dance

to forget the world of sightless ones

to leave and live for one brief moment

outside these darker zones

outside their world of frozen ferment

in some warmer, finer place

that is neither dark nor silent.

nature poetry
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About the Creator

Elaine Ruth White

Hi. I'm a writer who believes that nothing is wasted! My words have become poems, plays, short stories and novels. My favourite themes are mental health, art and scuba diving. You can follow me on www.words-like-music, Goodreads and Amazon.

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