Poem: Gothic Mermaid

Gothic Mermaid

I flail in panic,

resisting

as I descend

into the stunning yet macabre

underwater cave.

The intensity is consuming,

but the pain of the saltwater

rushes inside,

cleanses me,

and becomes one with my tears.

After a desperate search for air -

equilibrium finds me

and I am able to let go.

The gasping stops,

and I become comfortable with my own fears.

My eyes close -

In the strangely familiar darkness,

I transform,

nearly weightless in the abyss of the sea,

swimming freely

in the depth of my own soul.

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