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A Non-becoming
April 18, 2008When I was seven, perhaps, eight years old, I wanted to be a mermaid.
I wanted a fish-tail, gorgeously encased in blues, greens, oranges, and golds. I wanted hair that fluttered in the wind, violet eyes as deep as the sea, and a world that breathed underwater.
Now that I’m 25, I remember why I stopped wanting to be a mermaid. Mermaids live so much longer than humans, and there is only one Atlantis. After I have discovered all the hidden worlds of the sea, what then?
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it’s so sad you stopped wanting to be a mermaid, chin. the sea is so vast and it hides so many secrets, even a mermaid’s lifetime wouldn’t be enough to discover it all.
but i guess, instead of a tail, you’ve grown wings. =)
Posted by Aileen at April 22, 2008, 12:52 am