We all love fairytales, don’t we?
Dreaming ourselves as princesses or heroes.
Let me tell you my secret:
I, too, yearn to be the little mermaid—
not for love, not for land,
but to shed my scales,
step ashore,
and as the prince exchanges rings—
I wish to melt
into sea foams,
whisper
into nothingness,
and cease
to exist.