I’ve seen true madness
It lurks within the depths
Singing the most beautiful song
It woos you into peaceful happiness.
Out in the late of night
Alone you hear its sweet song
You never see the truth of things
Till your ship will soon be gone…
The song is like that of a Siren
But a Siren this thing is not…
For when it grows close
You will begin to hallucinate
I’m not speaking of true hallucination
Instead, I speak of seeing the madness in truth
For if the truth be acceptance
I wish not to see it again…
It is a many-armed truth
That starts with many bodies as well
They float from the depths
As the ocean grows still…
A redness fills all
Then a shadowy darkness appears beneath…
Its eye a piercing white
That slowly turns red
Faces manifesting from within the eye
An eye the size of my ship!
Yes,
I’ve seen the truth that is madness…
From the shadows, the bodies soon float all around
Their skeletons singing a song in unison
No doubt letting you know
You’re in it now!
The language is one you don’t understand at first
As every horrific sight floods your mind
Nothing makes sense as
The arms soon grow out from the sides
They look of human flesh
At least,
They did when I saw this thing…
They grabbed my boat, stopping it dead
Then down I went!
As I looked over the deck the eye opened up
Sharp razor laden fangs
Grew from the fingertips of its arms & the eye now turned mouth!
The eye billowed a voice
One that echoed within my mind
A disturbing language
One that terrifies me even as I write of this thing now…
No scarier sight since have I found
I leaped overboard
Turning in time to see
My ship & crew sink into the depths…
I heard their screams as I swam
The ocean becoming a massive drain
I swore I was to die
But, suddenly…
…It all came to end…
Just as quickly as the vortex had appeared
Everything had met its end
I floated for what felt an eternity
Listening to silence…
As I recount the tale now
I still hear the song
The screams of my dead crew
As well as…
…The silence afterward…
-Of Madness…I’ve Seen The Truth-
