A Harmony of Water and Weald by Lynn E. O'Connacht
Author:Lynn E. O'Connacht
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dovelet Books
Published: 2017-09-11T04:00:00+00:00
The Nature of Our Relationship
It has been a long time
Since I have been in the sea. :/
On the sea, really.
After much packing
And planning and pacing
We were ready to set sail
And travel to my prince’s kingdom.
The sea is not so treacherous now.
I stand at the bow of the ship,
Looking at the quiet sea.
It’s funny. I’ve never thought
Of the sea as quiet before.
It is always filled with life.
It makes me uncomfortable
To think of how easy it is
To forget what life is like
Under the glassy surface. :(
To think how easy it is
To think about the sea
As a glassy surface even when
It is clearly not glass-still.
I wonder if I will see my sisters.
If they know that I am travelling
To – through – their home, just for a little while.
My prince and princess are asleep.
If my sisters are out in the sea tonight,
I will not be able to see them.
There is barely even starlight.
I have come every night
Since we left port. ^_^
I think…
I think… If my sisters come,
The Sea Witch will have told them.
And if she told them, then
She would likely wake me.
I think.
I hope. ^_^;
Still, I come out here,
To watch the sea as the ship
Cuts through it
And the night light reflects off it.
No sound but the wood cutting through
The water and the waves lapping against
The ship and in the distance.
It is peaceful. ^_^
But I come for my sisters.
If they know I am here,
I want them to know that I came
For them. Waited, for them.
Looked into the waves for them. ^_^
My prince and princess do not
Remark on my behaviour.
I don’t know if it is because they
Do not know how, what, to ask
Or because they know this is something
That I must do alone.
I don’t know how I feel about that. :/
They are my family too.
I don’t know how many nights
I wait on the deck, woollen shawl
Wrapped around my shoulders
Because it is still too cold
For me to be comfortable.
There is no moon the night
The Sea Witch calls to me.
It is just at the moment
When I had wanted to turn
To leave and go to sleep.
Instead it looks like I
Have turned because she called
And I gasp when my eyes
Understand what I am seeing.
My sisters! :O
They are more now
Some only young.
They must have been born
After I left. I do not know them
And they do not seem to understand
Why they are here.
But soon they are exploring the deck
And seem content enough.
Perhaps later I can tell them
About the dangers of ships. ^_^
The sisters who remain
Are the sisters I have left.
One of them hisses when
I move forward to hug them
And I freeze.
We are no longer the same
They and I.
It feels… I do not want to think
About how it feels. Perhaps later
When I am alone.
We do not speak,
My sisters and I.
I see them.
Some more scarred
Than when I was still
One of them.
Three of my sisters are
Not among them.
Quietly, the Sea Witch
Explains that they died.
I cry salt tears that
My sisters do not understand.
One of the smaller ones
Slithers over to me
And asks what I am doing.
I try to tell her,
Am grateful the Sea Witch
Explains it so well.
I think she does.
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