Mermaid Dreams (collab w/Cassa)

A playground first encounter

            two shy girls found each other

A friendship bonded by quiet giggles and a thousand smiles

            Best Friends Forever sealed with a pinky swear

            while painted toes pressed into the pearly sand

Promises made when forever was cloaked by the misty gray

            fog, carrying the secrets of unknown tomorrows

            falling gently on their straw hats and small hands

busy adding broken shells to their sandcastle kingdom

            where two mermaids could live

            when they weren’t underwater exploring

The crystal blue above and the deep turquoise below

            blending, swallowing shadows and fragile castles

            as two little girls left the beach, side by side

            skipping, singing, and hand-holding


half buried, a red bucket and spade forgotten

Thank you for reading. Collaborating with poet Cassa, from Flicker of Thoughts, was a wonderful experience, from start to finish. I shall stop myself from going over the details; I may be the only one who appreciates learning about every step of the creative process as much as the final product. I do look forward to working with her again!

I had the pleasure of reading and reviewing Cassa’s micro-fiction collection, The Scars We Don’t See. Link will take you to my August post that featured her book.

Featured photo by oneinchpunch, my California beach photo

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