The Dark Thing | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. The Dark Thing

The Dark Thing

July 26, 2011
By lapisleaves DIAMOND, Durham, New Hampshire
More by this author
lapisleaves DIAMOND, Durham, New Hampshire
52 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"...I wish none of this had happened." "So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."

View profile

There is a dark thing
in the muck.
It is slimy smooth,
and black, like a
new leather sofa.
It creeps through
the thick ooze,
sloppy and cool.
It does not need to breathe.
Breath, is not necessary
for this creature,
this dark thing.
Yet it does breathe,
its huge sticky lungs
wheezing and billowing
as they exhale
great amounts of
breath, which
ripple,
deep
in the mud.
The dark thing
is resting.
It has slept,
a thick, moving
sleep, for a long time.
But now, the
dark thing has woken.

© Justin W., Milford, CT

The author's comments:
Have you ever had thoughts of what lives deep down in the mud at the bottom of a lake or pond? a bog or marsh, or even an English moor? The dark thing is the answer to those thoughts. And now this mysterious entity has woken, after a very long time.
Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
Brother
By Anonymous
Poetry
The Top
By imperfection GOLD
Gilroy, California
imperfection GOLD, Gilroy, California
17 articles 9 photos 45 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Dream as though you&#039;ll live forever, live as though you&#039;ll die today.&quot;<br /> ~James Dean (1931-1955), American Motion Picture Actor, symbol of rebellion

View profile
Poetry
I want a guy...
By grlgotgame BRONZE
Chillicothe, Ohio
grlgotgame BRONZE, Chillicothe, Ohio
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Girls with butts like mine, don&#039;t talk to boys with faces like yours.&quot;

View profile
Poetry
The Moon
By Izzy Hare BRONZE
Camano Island, Washington
Izzy Hare BRONZE, Camano Island, Washington
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
leap
By carreyelaine GOLD
Arlington, Tennessee
carreyelaine GOLD, Arlington, Tennessee
12 articles 4 photos 1 comment
View profile
Poetry
Arrival of Storm
By Anonymous

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 1 comment.

WinterFairy PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 31 2011 at 6:00 pm
WinterFairy PLATINUM, Chicago, Illinois
45 articles 15 photos 111 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t dream it. Be it.&quot;<br /> &quot;Singing is praying twice, and dancing is singing with the body.&quot;<br /> &quot;Paper is more patient than man.&quot;<br /> &quot;Where you live shouldn&#039;t determine whether you live&quot;

View profile

The dark thing has woken

 

So what's it doing? Great air of mystery in that last line!! :)