Danger Approaches
by Ardweden

I stand, looking
out to the sea.  Calm,
peaceful, pale green waves
lapping the sides
of the ship.  The sea

breaks, a monster
rising from the deep.
Roaring, sucking everything
in its path, it moves
toward my brother.

I shout, but 
my brother, deafened
by the roar,
doesn't hear.  He stands,
terrified, paralyzed, as

the monster swims.
Like a shark, it moves
closer and closer,
faster and faster,
until its gaping maw

stops, and
my father turns the
vacuum cleaner off.
He reaches out his hand,
and helps my brother

off the bed.