The Temple

I'm the captain of the U-29229 during the Great War We have sunk lots of allied ships One of our victims was stuck to our submarine He had drowned We found in his pocket a carved stone where we threw him overboard I swear he opened his eyes and gazed at us with derision Then a curse has fallen upon this craft Many sailors have disappeared many of them have gone mad many think they see the blue and swelled corpses of our enemies following us into the depths of the sea An explosion has disabled our submarine controls drifting towards the south The few crews that remain have mutinied They want to surrender to the allies and they want me to throw the stone away It's become my duty to do away with them all I don't want to fall into the enemies hands The current has dragged us to the abyssal depths where surprisingly there is a temple! I am amazed at the perfection of these buildings and I can perceive resemblances with the figure on the stone With no doubt this must be part of the lost Atlantis No more energy... I have been without light for days I despair... I know that it's just a matter of time that the air is gone and I die That's why I'm writing these lines I will put them in a bottle I will throw it into the sea... I hope someone will pick it up Suddenly I think I see a flickering radiance in the temple Today I feel something new in my heart The temple is calling me and drawing me closer I know that I don't have much oxygen but if I have to die I will die there Maybe finally I've become crazy My obsession for the figure has driven me to it The temple forces me to go Whatever I try to do I can't resist No more energy... I have been without light for days I despair in my last hours I'm going to go outside with the diving gear I know what that means, but I have no fear I will die placid in the black and forgotten depths where no man is left behind And this demonic laughter which I hear as I write comes only from own ...my weakening brain