Just as she began to sink

She learned to swim

And as the air escaped her lungs

Her transformation began

No longer of the land

No longer of the air

But some mystical

In-betweenness

To take her to new depths

An unknown creature

A new magic

Sliding sinuous

Along ocean floors

Diving from the light

Until vision is a refracted glass

Scales shining

Stars in a murky darkness

Casting a spell

Across the unexplored ~ Caroline A. Slee