I Bought the World

I bought the world. Can you see where the merchant likes to sit? I wanted to buy, that strange thing that pearled. I offered my heart but it wasn't enough. So, I offered my spirit, for they should never be apart. But he would not trade for it. The shady merchant offered me riches in gold. envy of people, a life that was bold. "Please look away!" he said as my gaze fixed on the globe. but I decided to say despite the questions he would probe. I could see deep into the ocean's waves and smile at the creatures she saves. the lives that flutter and pass us by the wings that soar and touch the sky! I wanted it to be mine! I offered my breath I offered my Time I offered my death! "Give me a name." the Merchant requested. "I have always been the same. But I want to be something new. I want to be you." that is when I knew. I had been bested. My name is yours to hold alone. and then, my words turned to stone. I traded and won. now before my life is done remember the place where oceans waves curled? In that place and when I was young, I bought the world.