Along coastal shorelines,
Jupiter called my name
But I was too busy
Dancing in the ocean,
I'm no mermaid
But definitely have a sea creature in me,
I close my eyes
And from the sea
I land in a forest
Surrounded by trees
With the moss at my feet,
Our mother is speaking
But you don't want to hear,
Listen!
She screams over mountains,
"I'm all you have, I'm all you need,
And when you ignore my pleas
You don't just kill me
But yourself,
Your children,
Everyone's family."
Dance in the ocean
Play with the trees
But leave them as they are,
Free.
Ashley Leslie 2020
