“Taking a Breather” 12″ x 9″ Graphite
- “Taking a Breather”
Meleah, like many mermaids loved to go top side to sun herself and contemplate having another existence, one where she could walk upon the land and visit exotic places that were out of reach to her in her present form. Or she would stare at the sky and watch the flight of birds, to her they were the fishes of the heavens, and wish that she could join them in their utter freedom of flight. But though these things appealed to her strongly, she was as aware as any human child of the story of the little mermaid, who traded her tail fin for legs to be with her love. And more importantly she knew the ending of that story. How the little mermaid had been left painfully without home or love. The story had even more impact on her because to her. and her kind, it was not a story but history, the history that was taught to every young one in hopes that they would not make the same mistake. So Meleah’s longing never went any farther than a wistful daydream.
Copyright 2013 All rights reserved Ann Gates Fiser
