Character Poems: The Dark Signers
4. Carly Carmine
She was looking for more than the threads of a tale
this time, and maybe that's what it was.
She got too greedy, too selfish, too deep –
But she had no choice but to go in
that deep. She can't just float
and now there are other sorts of weights
that weighed her down.
She had to throw herself as deep as possible
to mute it all out, to have the water
help with the load
But she went too deep.
She couldn't swim back out again
and she sunk only ever deeper
and she drowned.
And when she woke up again, she flew
with the light, far above
the dark cold deep water
of her grave.