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Lilith
She waits in the water,
And until her time has come
She will stay submerged,
Waiting until everyone
Has offered her what they have
Everything they don't need
So she can satisfy herself
They must pamper to her greed.
"Give me one tenth of all!"
She orders her slaves,
Before the men turn to her,
Foolishly brave and say
"You have no power over us,
We will live and shall die,
However you and your treasures
Shall forever lie
Under this cursed lake,
Where it shall not be disturbed
You can see how far we grow,
But you will never be heard."
And at this she sneered
And chanted every day
Until the men who betrayed her
Had grown old and grey,
Before she was forgotten,
She became a horrible myth
From the old to control the young
Frightening tales of Lilith
And what happened to the Kings son
Well that doesn't matter anymore
Because when everyone least expected it
They were swept down on to the seas floor.
Some Myth
Boogeywoman or a parable? Who can tell, who can't...allegorically spoken, Lilith who spits up water while hiding under the ... sea? Ha, not to be taken literally, assuredly - Lilith as bad new/luck/joss...eh? = allets
Is this a reference to religion?
I love the allegory of the lady under the water and how it dominates this poem. I think the image is very striking, possibly because the name 'Lilith' seems very feminine and unthreatening, whereas she is characterised as a malignent threat hidden from view.