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little girl and the sea
The world is pale,
as the little girl grabs at the mist.
Her feet sinking into the foamy waves.
Her fingers are tangled in her youth.
little girl
'How come the sky is blue?'
She asks her brother,
'Because it is reflecting the sea.'
he tells her.
little girl
She builds sand castles
just away from the waters reach,
working hard on each peak.
In the end she cries because her hard work is swallowed
by the rough waves
and pounding feet.
little girl
The wind picks up her hair,
and sends her giggling
into a fit.
Laying, laughing by the seaweed.
little girl
When the light shuts the door,
and only the dark seeps in.
The little girl sits by the fire.
Her parents have to told her not
to touch the flame.
'It will hurt'
they say.
little girl
She looks up at the stars
in their spotted constellations
and wonders what pain is.
little girl
When her night is done
the waves rush in and out.
her thoughts floating.
little girl
Her tears are of salt water,
joining the sea as the same substance.
She decides that when you are in pain you cry.
little girl
'the ocean is pain'
the wind whispers in her ear,
and suddenly she is not so
little
anymore.
'Why are you crying?'
Her parents are asking.
'Because the ocean is pain.'
She whispers,
with the depth of the night
hidden in her eyes.
They laugh at her,
'little girl'
they say
'little girl and the sea'
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I wrote this thinking about the ocean, and how sometimes people ridcule you as little, when your ideas can be big.