The drowning
I became
Water
I breathed
Water
I learned
Water
I dreaded
Water
I regretted
Water
I brimmed with attention
I listened
Water urged me to put my ear to songs
Of sea shells, sea urchins, sea shores
They sung on repeat a human checklist of caution
They begged me to become water and choke on myself, for one day
No plastic straws in my turtle noses
No riff raff from beaches in my whale bellies
No hazardous bottles of party waste
No clouds that bled poison in rain
No human discharge polluting my bed
No leaking pipes feeding oil to my fish
No detergent toxics creating dead zones
No devastating impact on mating routines
No sunscreen eating my coral architecture
No lonely deaths to my beautiful jellyfish
No debris disturbing my wind patterns
I became water
I became water
I drowned
®️©️kashiana
TSL prompt inspired – Whispering waves
Kashiana 
Quite. It’s saddening and maddening. Thank you for this.
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