the shadows of things they looked on then
had finger paint colours
breaking the surface of the water
the little mermaid swam
to see the fireworks from the horizon
flowers of fire and this is the world above
how lovely lovely she thought
her sea thoughts wavering as waters can be
a little vague and formless
later she learned the specifics
the feeling of dry ground
after she lost all speech but dancing
dancing like the waves she missed, she missed
she's going under now
drowned in what was once her home
and was it for this she swam upward,
upward toward what was dazzling
mary angela douglas 30 july 2017
had finger paint colours
breaking the surface of the water
the little mermaid swam
to see the fireworks from the horizon
flowers of fire and this is the world above
how lovely lovely she thought
her sea thoughts wavering as waters can be
a little vague and formless
later she learned the specifics
the feeling of dry ground
after she lost all speech but dancing
dancing like the waves she missed, she missed
she's going under now
drowned in what was once her home
and was it for this she swam upward,
upward toward what was dazzling
mary angela douglas 30 july 2017
