Those human voices

Over and over

Human voices

With lost humanity

They shift our shimmer

Into colder depths

Sinuous swimmers

We dive in our play

Bubbles breaking towards the surface

Chasing those voices

That speak such careless words

They have forgotten

As we sink further

That words

Make powerful magic

Sending empires tumbling

Into ruin

We swim to the profound

Upon whispering waters

Chasing truth

And softly spoken words

Away from the clashing brutality

Of those human voices

We will not wake ~ Caroline A. Slee