Octopus Poem by Ghazi Al Gosaibi

One arm circles my neck
another my limbs
another and then another
I feel these black arms
sucking at my veins
draining the life from my body
Where's my hand?
The knife I held?
Once I had thousands of hands
thousands of knives!
With my own hands
I can cut off my arms
here I am armless
wrapped in black arms
I feel those black arms choking me
the beast's hideous eye staring at me
in his greed seeing my death
when he draws me toward his 'jaws
and tends me
Suddenly a knife sprouted from my forehead
a knife from my ribs
the wound blossoming with fresh blood
every drop growing a hand.
Cursing me,
the hideous eyes died.