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Mermaid

A Poem

By :)Published 5 years ago 1 min read
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Just a siren

Lost at sea

With every Thrust

Of the currents

Into the grubby sheets of your waterbed

The waves rose and

Crashed into the cave

That I had made my shelter

The saltwater stung

And stuck to my skin

Suffocating me

Drowning me

I had wanted a life on the beach but

I didn’t expect the storm

Craning my neck

I pray to Poseidon

Who must live in the crumbling drywall

And ask that the storm will soon pass

And suddenly it does

I wipe the salt from my eyes as

I sit up

Legs unstable

Wondering

How on earth

I am going to brave the next storm

sad poetry
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