LAKE BEASTS

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  In the shadows

  Of the lake,

  At the bottom;

  Unawake -

  Unaware

  As are you -

  As is fair

  Entering.

  Pure foolishness.

  But how were

  You to know.

  Lingering.

  A death sentence.

  as ever

  You still go.

  In the trough

  Of the waters,

  Stirring and unfed;

  Unafraid -

  Undeclared

  As are you -

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  As is fair

  Simmering.

  Beneath the surface.

  Terror, terrors

  Both accursed.

  Shivering.

  One has surfaced.

  Yet the other,

  Hides its purpose.

  In the blanket

  Of the night

  an ancient dread;

  Unbarred -

  Unsnared

  Unlike you -

  Who has dared

  To enter -

  Undisclosed

  To wander -

  Their abode

  Unlike you, Encroacher

  This has always

  Been their home.

  In the trap

  Of the habitants

  Ignorantly led;

  The tightening noose -

  To which you

  have been fed

  No deeper meaning

  Nor malice In their actions

  Only you, their prey

  And their starving faction

  To sate their creed

  They’ll do any deed

  If it means

  They might feed

  Despite how it may lead

  Respite’s their only need

  This is the world order

  How its always been

  The weak are eaten

  So the strong may live

  You want

  to live.

  As

  do they.

  As

  is fair.