I’m a mermaid.
I know I’m a mermaid.
But they tell me I’m a whale.
I’m a mermaid.
“No, you’re a whale.”
When I sleep, I dream that I’m flying.
I’m sure I’m flying.
But when I wake up, I find myself here, just as I was.
A mermaid, but everyone around her thinks she’s a whale.
But whales look strange and pudgy.
There’s no way I look like that!
My friend told me mermaids don’t exist.
I don’t have a name or a family to ask.
Sometimes I’m afraid I’ll die before I find out whether I’m a mermaid or a common whale.
A Common Whale
2016