Deep below the surface, 

Lies a place no human has touched. 

It has been seen, 

but with its crushing pressure,  

none have gone there without a thick metal cage. 

In spite of its darkness and depth, 

It is brimming with life. 

These creatures are strange to surface dwellers, this does not make them any less beautiful. 

No, their beauty remains hidden in the deep, 

for those who wish to find it. 

Seen through glass, 

it is never felt. 

It will be forever beyond, 

unless there is someone truly brave. 

Someone who would go beyond what is known. Someone who trusts in their own abilities. 

Someone who is prepared to survive such great depths. 

What will be found, then? 

Gold, silver, and lost treasures that sank beneath the waves? Or will they find merely bones and silt, 

from things long dead? 

What hides in that place, 

that light from the sky has never touched? 

Perhaps it goes ever downward, 

opening deeper and deeper, 

until the Earth’s core is revealed. 

What will they think, 

when they discover the depths? 

Will they recoil in horror, 

haunted by what they have seen? 

Or, perhaps, 

the sight will fill them with wonder. 

A joyful memory they will carry for the rest of their days.