Deep

There have to be meanings
reasons
logic.
An explanation that reaches
into my own definition
of my who
and what.
But
when I try,
when I lurk
and search
and scour
it doesn't show.
It slides further
beneath the placid surface,
beneath where light
stops
and monsters
take over.
Their skin like
the ancient
bestiaries told,
glowing,
showing
where the reasons
hide,
in their lures
that will trap
any inconvenient
visitor
who doesn't
belong.