The Eye of Grimvale

Spotted first from the starboard side,
A fearful captain gazes upon the Ocean of Dreams,
And there, the great green eye of Grimvael,
The immortal serpent of sorrow, stares back,
Its endless body stretching outward,
Vanishing into distant stars.

Without warning, the serpent descends;
Black scales and ocean spray shroud the sailor in mist,
Creating a terrible stillness,
A silence held between breaths,
Before the mighty serpent erupts from the sea,
Its vast eye unblinking as it crashes once more into the depths.

The creature’s wake topples the ancient ship,
And as the captain treads dark water,
He cannot witness the nightmare from above,
As Grimvael’s immense black jaws open,
Rising from beneath him in dreadful silence,
Before snapping shut,
Consuming sailor and ship alike,
Then slipping beneath the dreaming sea for the last time,
Returning the sparkling green waters
To a terrible, waveless calm.