Maybe in another life time
I will make one that I can call this child of mine
Feeling the choice to create someone
This mini version and part of one
Too much responsibility to be had
Questioning if the right choice was made
Not creating what could be
Envisioning forever life with out that part of me
Lost the spark to make it happen long ago
Somewhere I lost myself along that road
No family to call my own
Decision now made I’m left alone
Grieving a loss that was never meant to be
Sterilization at twenty three forty three
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Courtney Curran
New beginnings create new chapters and stories. I like to experience life and all it has to offer. I hope you find my creations enjoyable and relatable.
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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 Wilson4 days ago in Fiction
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