~~
There is a story told among my people, a tale of a girl who
fell in love with the land dwellers. Legend says that she sold her voice to the
sea gods in exchange for legs, so that she may join them in their cities and
villages—but that’s where the story ends. From there, people argue of the
outcome; some say she fell in love, and married human royalty. Others insist
that her plan backfired, and in her heartbreak her body was turned to sea foam.
This debate is one that has been going on for centuries—and one that I have no
interest in.
She was
foolish, that mermaid girl. The human world is disgusting and horrible, full of
greedy mortals who destroy their own land, and the land of others, to advance
their own selfish plans. I wouldn’t give up my voice, my fin, or anything to
live with the likes of them.
But the
sky, on the other hand....the sky is magical. The deep, endless blue that
stretches on during the day, and the white lights that twinkle when the sun
goes down. I want to brush my fingers against the fluffy white clouds that
litter the sky, and replace the coolness of the water with the warmth of the
sun against my skin. I want to pluck the moon out of the night and wear it
around my neck like a locket, to stretch a new pair of muscles from my back and
leave my dull world under the sea behind.
I don’t
want to swim anymore.
I want
to fly.
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Until later,
- Justyne
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