A mermaid
Warm, soft, liquid surrounds me,
Becomes part of me.
Deeper seems safer,
More friendly
More familiar.
Though I've never been in this deep.
I don't notice my legs disappear
As I begin moving faster and faster.
I take a glance at my legs,
But a tail is there instead.
Flashes of green and blue
Appear in the sun-light.
I laugh and watch the jelly-fish bubbles fly up.
I twirl in the water,
As I breath the liquid in.
Dolphins swim on either side of me.
Small fish dance and tickle my arms.
Sea turtles swim above and below me.
The reef- covered, filled with colors and shapes-
Pink, purple, orange, circle, oval, square- every color, every shape.
Sea-horses whisper secrets to me.
Blue whales pull me along.
Older fish tell me what's good to eat.
Crabs do a side-ways dance.
Animanies dance with clown fish that come out and crack jokes.
I love the ocean!
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 828 |
| Words | 155 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 26 |
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