Leviathan

I have to admit 

I’m kind of a monster

I rise up

out of the sea bed

and I eat ships 

and men

I come down

with the carrion birds

to tear at the fallen

with my stained teeth

and sometimes 

I spend the day 

scheming 

that I may get 

what I want 

without asking

for what I want 

Destruction of Leviathan by Gustave Doré