mermaid

i wish
i could live in your ocean
but
i fear i will drown

will you
come with me to the light
and water my life

will the sun shine too brightly?
will you learn to hate me?

i will remember
this place
where kindness broke my heart
how can they say
that you're not real
where here love truly lived

maybe there's
no place
for both of us

maybe you're
the home
that i've been waiting for...
but i can't have.

(c) 2008 Carolyn Chen

* This week, I was determined to record something even if I was sick and it was going to be ghetto. Other recordings can be found at www.myspace.com/notesfromunder.