Revelation
Fishermen: Looksie here mey lords, nay waste now your looks
here, again twice, at what caught our hooks
Ilgiva: What do you babble in gibberish tongue?
looks like you don't stop till barrels are bung
Fishermen: "You guess not far, yea, we oft heavy drink
we have to, to plug and survive the stink
but nay, not today, I assure you lords
take once a look and you'll snap drop your swords
for it ain't no normal stinkin tribute
we've struggled hard to overcome this brute.
It battled as though the sea were her wife
but we seducers kissed her a new life.
We talk too much, brothers, off go the sheets
a beast shiny enough to drown whole fleets!"
Off went the sheets and the glow was revealed
finally the mystery was unsealed
of the beast that made the seven come far
from their untroubled homes under the stars
who too, like the court, browsed every detail
be it the snouted head, the peacock tail
her boat-like eyes, her translucent fins
or the stranded strands on her all-seeing twins
Ilgiva: I can't believe my eyes! What do I see
if not the golden impalpable key
to the treasures of fate hid undersea
the mythical kingdom of merfolk, free
from the politics of the races above
where tridents are blunt and made of sharp love
Dhumusha: Oh Ilgiva, you young and dreamy lad
faith in such myths will only make you sad.
Varuna the sea god is full of himself
and such tales are found in his bookshelf
and all beasts of sea are transient dwellers
and such myths are spread by storytellers
Ahiravan: Be what it may - half truths or fables false
attend now to the beast within our walls!
Even with great luck a sight seldom seen
this is the Makara - ocean's dear queen!
~Ajay
5/3/2018
