Coelacanth Coelacanth

The coelacanth was once believed to be extinct but has since proven itself otherwise

 

“Coelacanth Coelacanth”

 

Coelacanth, coelacanth

Tell me your secret

Of how to live

The anachronaut’s life

 

Of how to keep swimming

Against all these currents

The ones that keep shifting

Like rorshachs of light

 

For I can’t adjust to

This life in the lone sun

I belong to those past nights

Not quickly forgotten

 

Coelacanth, coelacanth

How came you to be

A relic of the past

Just like me

Reviews

[Bear]

oh, thanks for reminding me of the Coelacanth!! Learned of it long ago, and had heard of it's re-discovery but, had "forgotten" of it.

Perhaps you've discovered the "secret" behind it's long existence within you own words? A deep water existence that's out of reach to those you exist in the sun and upon the land.

I like very much! Thanks for posting!!
Sallie Bear

[Wildfleour]

Scott - I think most sensitive people can relate to this creature and to this poem. A feeling of displacement, not belonging, etc. is something I have surely experienced.

You did a wonderful job crafting this piece. One suggestion: Look how you use capital letters at the beginning of lines and make sure you really want them there.

[Legion]

:) That was wonderfully put. How does one keep from becoming extinct when one only lives in the past? I love this. Going in my favorites. And this is probably the only poem in the world written about the coelacanth. Who'd of thunk it. Kudos. ;) Going in favorites.

[Jason Henry]

this is just...great! simple and smart...