freshwatermermaid (eglantine) : Writing

war paint

war paint

A Poem by freshwatermermaid (eglant..


i am the mermaid who learned to swallow blue fire, like Lake Michigan swallows the sun every night and wears its’ colors like w..
April 17, 2014

April 17, 2014

A Poem by freshwatermermaid (eglant..


I am quiet, like the mildew on the bathroom window-sill, or the water-stain on the kitchen ceiling, the lilac galaxy of a bruise on..
We are all just fallen stars.

We are all just fallen stars.

A Poem by freshwatermermaid (eglant..


Again, I am awake. Nightmares coat my subconscious like moss I’m unable to pick off. There is no amen in slumberland Neptu..