Octopus Song

All alone and in my brain Rorschach testing on my own ink stains Plankton glows and on my toes I dance Too many arms not enough legs The ray she stings but leaves the hurt unsaid Maybe I should find myself new friends Blending in with colors was always my forté But when the coast is clear you'll find me dressed in gray The current always seems to run the other way Another coral another reef Another song to mask my grief With who and when and why am I to die? Sway the sea forward And sway the sea back Caverns in the coral Start with a crack And I here I sit quietly Hiding to attack The whales they always knew About the free sky so blue But now I'm old on my sandy bed Came to my senses and I laid my eggs Plankton glows and on my toes I dance