to be lit up from within
vein by vein
This would always be better than being left behind, and she strived to store it all in her memory, to reflect upon later. For now, she listened and laughed, giggled and chuckled, treading water amongst the reef, feet dangling above the vivid hues and picturesque views. Her eyes adjusted and her head shook, splashes and locks floating and displaced, watching as he shifted back to partially human, tempted to roll her eyes at the show-off tendencies. But hands were taken, clutched like lifelines, as her cranium rapidly nodded. “Yes!” Melita longed to see it all – oysters, shells, sharks, dolphins, dominions of the ocean, of the waves, pieces and fragments she only had in yesteryears. She permitted herself to be led along, for now, following on the flick of his tail, one more breath inhaled, another dive ensuing, legs kicking, somehow at home even though she was worlds apart from the place of dragons and sand.
to be the sun
MELITA
