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The Water's Riddle

A Sonnet

By D. J. ReddallPublished 2 years ago • 1 min read
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For a moment, I became a dolphin

A note in a cool, cobalt symphony

Proudly displaying an eternal grin

Swimming with effortless alacrity

A droplet, fit to contain the whole sea

Sleek, swift and certain as a torpedo

Using laughter's echoes my prey to see

Shameless, silver slave of my libido

Dread harbinger of doom for every fish

A swift, sentient, saline, summersault

The fulfillment of a dying ape's wish

To all aching dread, calling a quick halt

Fluent in all aqueous languages

A riddle water wrote to stump sages

Sonnet

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D. J. Reddall

I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.

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    Written by D. J. Reddall