Deep Sea Wishes
We went to the sea
you and me.
We went to drop petals
letting go
watching our pasts float away…
We made wishes
half-hearted–
After all, we didn’t really know what we wanted.
Then we sacrificed our legs
slipping into the sea
flipping our tails–
Mermaids at last.
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