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Descend

Endless darkness

Unfathomable depths

Beyond the reach of the sun

Unilluminated realms

Where no light can reach

Vision's implausible

Blindness withheld

In an unenlightened realm

Uplifting resisted

Turn away your gaze from illumination

Beneath abyssal plains

Disposition of aversion

The oceanic crust unchanging

The base on which all stands

A hadopelagic existence?

Unbiased view - equivocal

Extended hands from unknown sources

Will be seen as a threat

Debasing the essence of existence

Blindness withheld

In an unenlightened realm

Uplifting rejected

A comfortable black sheeting

Should bottomfeeders dwell

In their beloved muck?