An Infant Army is Born

a smashed bubble
over a watery view
spreads its pearlescent
sudsy sea foam

aqua-marine stained rosé

blackened ships
morbid metal, inert fiber glass
haunt and float, hovering
not-quite immersed

unseen, below
more liquid entities
settle, find a new reef
to call home

a charred hull is a microcosm
bivalves, barnacles, worms
the protoplasmic and the minuscule
for a time closed up, protected
membranes folded, shells sealed

one must stick her neck out
if she wishes to feed and procreate

plankton blooms, minerals dissolve
meld and bleed with the saline

the moon rises
the tide pulses
there is a release

the watery world is amniotic

an infant army is born
transparent and legion

swim little orphans
invade a new death perch
bring it to life again

Doubling up on this post. Hive account@old-guy-photos has said that Monochrome Monday need not be black and white shots and that we may play with any hue family. So today we are playing with the orange section of the spectrum. You might consider this shot duotone because of the black, but I consider the black more as an offset colour, a frame if you will have it. So this isn't black and white but black and orange. For those interested, this was the original shot. It was an amazing sunset and just about the full spectrum of colour was offered.

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An Infant Army is Born and photos are copyright Pryde Foltz