I BELIEVE…

I wondered about the time
When life reclined upon a little raft
Made of a tiny, curled up leaf
And I worried
About its fray, and its decay
Why did I forget
That I am not a caterpillar
Scared of getting soaked

Stranded on a reef!
Why did I forget

That I am a mermaid
Born to swim the seas!

The world is my oyster
But I'm not a pearl
Birthed by the mercy of
Another's dirt and spit
I'm the empress of the ocean
And my rainbow colours bloom
Only when I'm wet and slick

Life is not the raft of leaf
Where I sit, drying my hair
In the sunshine and the breeze
Life is a curling, raging wave
The ripple of a mighty hand
A chaos I navigate with ease
I let it roll across my back
And dive into enchanting depths
The gentle swells don't confine me
For I own the storming seas 

MS