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Bird of the Sea

January 11, 2017
By ElisaTheDuck ELITE, Rigaud, Other
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LOOK AT MY PROFILE. DO IT.

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When the surface rushed to meet me
And I met the world on the flip side,
I greeted an all-new ocean unknown
Coloured with foreign waters and wonders
And a horizon that was a line free of limits
Outstretched beyond my mind’s reaches;
A giant lantern fish’s orb of luminescent light
Shone blindingly above, though mysteriously
Its owner was nowhere to be seen,
And the world rotated and the colours swirled
And I streamlined through weightless currents
With no pause no time to catch my breath then I
CRASHED! -
Through the mirror glass portal
Between the two worlds
Back into my own dimension and I,
I was a flying fish
Who had glimpsed eternity.

© Josh D., Mesa, AZ

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