The Cave By The Sea

A nonsensical sonnet of six!

 

A man washed up in a cave by the sea

Coughing and choking, this odd man came to

Helpless and lonely, terrible felt he

Sadly, he had lost his ship in the blue

 

Walking into this cave, an imp met he

A little green imp eating little fruits

Surely he saw in that cave by the sea

A little green imp wearing leather boots

 

The little imp saw him, eating a nut

"We bid you fair welcome to our home

But be careful, you'll never believe what

Dark things can decide to come out and roam!"

 

So the man smiled and thanked him in kind

Walking deeper to see what he could find

 

Now he chanced upon a grand entryway

To a glorious chamber of jewels

And on these jewels, two bugs were at play

These little bugs were oddly dressed, like fools

 

Presently, they looked at the man and laughed

For them, he was such a strange sight to see

He was washing up like a lonely raft

So he came to them, "Greetings, ho!" said he

 

And so these little bugs came down to him

They gave him a big bucket of candy

It was filled very nicely to the brim

This time his empty belly was handy

 

And the man smiled and thanked them in kind

Walking deeper to see what he could find

 

To his surprise, he had now found a lake

With a great, bearded frog on a big stone

It was dressed as a king, enjoying steak

He sat lazily on his throne

 

The frog saw him and got up from his seat

Smiling and laughing, booming with joy

"Welcome to my kingdom, safe from the heat

How would you like some mushroom steak, my boy?"

 

The man was still hungry after his sweets

And this steak looked very tasty to him

He ate it and considered it a treat

Thanks to the frog, he would stay fit and slim

 

And the man smiled and thanked him in kind

Walking deeper to see what he could find

 

A hall of mirrors the cave turned into

Dazzling and shining ever so bright

Where he was he certainly had no clue

Lost he was, beginning to feel some fright

 

Soon, the cave opened up on a big hill

The man realized he was outside again!

He looked upon the hill to see a mill

On top of the mill was an old man

 

And the man kept looking upward to see

That there weren't really any stars above

The rocky ceiling was very stony

The man at the mill was releasing doves

 

So the young man approached the old man

Who was really a fish- a karp with tan!

 

But the man had already seen strange things

So he approached this odd, old fish man

Climbing up along ladder of gold rings

Up the rings he climbed as fast as he can

 

At the top, the karp said, “Hello to you!

We saw that you lost your ship in the sea!

Inside this mill we keep many a tool

And so, we can build a new ship for thee!

 

At hearing this, the man was overjoyed!

He could now escape this weird, bizarre cave

Several thoughts now filled up his mind’s void

To the fish man many ideas he gave

 

He watched as the fish began to build his boat

His new submarine tool form in the moat

 

The man climbed aboard this divine vessel

Seeming to be constructed by the gods

So he ran to the helm in a bustle

The man had triumphed against all odds

 

Thankfully, he looked down to the karp-man

Bidding him a warm and thankful farewell

He waved: the fish pushed the boat off the sand

The boat gracefully rode the rising swell

 

Far out to sea he went and dived deep down

To explore many beautiful wonders

He left and never again made a sound

But the fish new it wasn’t a blunder

 

None in the cave ever knew his name, though

It was said they called him Captain Nemo.