“Wow,” he says
as they pull away.
He has never kissed
a girl. He was too busy
thinking about her.
And just as the dreams
ended; just as he is
ready to give her up -
he finds her. Real.
Perfect.
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Under the Sea
PoetryShe lives in the sea, harboring a crush on a human boy. He lives on land and dreams of a beautiful mermaid. It's a forbidden love, destined to end in tragedy. (A story in verse, based loosely off of The Little Mermaid)