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Even at our best we are unable to reflect the light while in the shadows of another
Circumstances propel or prevent us from reaching our full potential
Letting go, giving way to the power of the
Impossible. The overall
Pouring out of
Self
Eclipsing our hearts occultation
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The Salt in her Voice
The myth says mermaids sing to lure sailors to their death. But why? The ocean is huge. Only 5 percent has been discovered by man. Why would a creature of the sea with that much space to roam ever care about the fate of men on ships? The answer, as it turns out, is not a simple one at all. The truth about the myth is older than the tides. Long ago before the first ship ever cut across the surface, the sea made a pact with the sky. The sky would take the souls of the drowned. Anyone who died in storms or any quiet accidents of the deep would have their soul lifted upward to the Heavens while the bodies would remain below, feeding the oceans endless hunger. The greedy sea however wanted more souls than the sky would claim. So it created mermaids. It gave them beautiful voices woven from currents and moonlight. It commanded them to sing. "Bring forth the ones who float where they should sink." it instructed them. So they did. They never killed out of malice but out of obligation. They sung to summon, not to seduce. A mermaid's voice could loosen the tether between the body and soul, making any man step willingly into the water. The sea would take the body and the sky would take the soul. Balance maintained.
By Sara Wilson5 days ago in Fiction
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I like how you've played with the line length in this one Kelli, and this feels like one to make the reader ponder.
This was so poignantly beautiful! Loved your Acrostic!
One of my favorite songs. Though for some it seems impossible to reflect the light even when standing in no shadow, simply swallowing all that would draw near in a bottomless pit of emptiness. And when the sun returns, restoring the world & all that is in it as it should be, no one shall notice or see those upon whom the light does not reflect.
Rhythmically perfect.
This is my all time favourite song 🎶
Woah. Awesome song linkage...but woah. How they hell did you manage this spot-on piece of self-reflection wrapped in a super delicious Eclipse acrostic? Well done, jus...well done, Kelli!
Lol, I was going to write Total Eclipse of the Heart with the song video in mind. Great minds think a like !!!! Very inspirational. This is the only time the moon can over shadow the sun. If we take our moment like the moon.