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Sweet Water

On knees of broken glass

I crawl towards the sea

My home, my family lie beneath the waves

The pain of having legs drives me on

I reach the sweet water, my life

Letting myself sink into darkness

The pain gone, my tail restored

I find my kingdom as I left it

Father cross at my foolishness

Will the memory of pain

Stop me returning to the land?

He will try to call me back

I will feel a different kind of pain

The loss of his love

I am water, he is land

We cannot be…

AAAAA


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9 responses to “Sweet Water… #Poetry”

  1. Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.

  2. Beautifully penned, My Friend!! Loved the last four lines!! Pulling at heartstrings!!
    xoxo

    1. Thank you so much for such a wonderful comment…

  3. A touching companion to the Little Mermaid story, Anita.

    1. Always been one of my favourites too…

  4. Oh that is so poignant, a touching evocation of the original story.

    1. Anita really captured the spirit of that story, I think…

  5. Lovely! :)

    1. Thanks, Penny…

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