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December 28, 2013
letters from the sea by ~Hildetann
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i.
sometimes when i wake up
before the sun rises, when i’m all alone
and it feels like i might be the only person in the world

i notice that my face is wet

and i wonder if it’s because
i’ve been swimming with you in my dreams

ii.
i remember you
in the summer nights under the corsican stars
and the warmth of your skin in the cold seawater

i remember
how the phosphorescence coated our bodies
as we swam together,  
the salty tang of the ocean and your fingers up my spine
and us glowing like soft stars in the night

i remember how i wished it could last forever

iii.
now i wonder if the tides and my tears
were so different after all

edit 28/12/13: i can't believe i got a DD on this, i'm not sure what to say other than thank you so much!



dedicated to sophia ~nyogu, let's always be mermaids in our dreams.

i actually like the way this turned out!
i've been identifying a lot with mermaids lately. i don't know what it is about them, or me, i guess. pretty inspired by molly bloom's soliloquy from ulysses and stories of nereids in greek myth.

how does this poem make you feel? is there a story behind it? what does the imagery evoke in your mind? how effective is the tides/tears comparison?
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