SUBMARINE

Long grey body
Sleek
Terrifying
Swift and deadly
In war.

A different world
Isolated
Amazing
Fearsome
A submariners life
Below the interface.

A machine world
Stinking
Clamorous
Chaotic
Tuned and ordered
To stay alive.

Metres down
Cold
Black
Silent
Corpse of submarine
And submariner.

 

Dawn McDonald
© September 2003

Midi:
(Courtesy of tablemaster)

Photo: "Royal Navy's Holland 1"