merrow (day 87)

dawn approaches and I know i must resurface. swimming from ocean depths, dreams entangling like strands of seaweed, with a splash, i begin to wake. i rise slow, hindered by heaviness, i clothe to mask my true self, prickling from its texture against my slick skin. breathing in the strange air, i adjust to the …

oceanic

heart flutter lures the undertow, vortex of uncertainty; liquid floods every pore doubt my own veracity. sinking fast i feel the shock cold water turns blue to black, seaweed grapples to my limbs mermaid mummy i descend. i round the corners of my mind reasons found to pursue yet i yearn to be the one …