The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

by Axie Oh

Is it you that makes the world cry, or the world that makes you cry?

Your hair is like the warm bark of trees, and your eyes are like the sea at night. I can see the moon in them. Two moons. Two seas at night.”

“Do you know how much I love you, Miki?” Dai whispers softly. “Even I don’t know. My love for you is endless. Deep and endless, like the sea.”