Sea Shell
I am a sea shell
exotic and rare
delicate, luminescent
beyond compare
I once was a home
for a creature so tiny
who hid in my depths
protecting her hiney
For she was so lovely
she gleamed and she shined
that she would've been eaten
in that tasty sea brine
But I gave her long life
in my hard purple shell
no one knew she was there
(or they couldn't quite tell)
And I loved her so much
that I named her Ariadne
and fed her tiny bits
of juicy sea debris
'Though she died long ago
and no longer is here
you can still hear her spirit
if you hold me to your ear
Copyright © Rhona Mcferran | Year Posted 2018
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