Escaped In Liquid Landscape Poem by courtney metcalf

My demons drug me down
Pulled me to the bottom of the waters

Streams of my problems, running from my past into my current

They thought they could drown me
But I held my breath until I realized I was comfortable with letting it go

The human in me died, but I became something much more fierce

I became mermaid
Human troubles no longer bothered me
I let them sink below as I swam above

Close to the surface, I watched them worry about the problems I once thought was just
Problems are product of environment
Somewhere else, they don't exist

I found my place connected with peace
I stay in my waters, I stay in the deep

If you'd take a swim, maybe you'd find
Your own reasons to leave humanity behind

I watch in pity, I watch in hope
Your sanity lies where your mind floats
Relax
Just let go

There's nothing sillier than the world and it's fears
When you lose the ability to shed human tears

My mind swims at depths the human mind would drown
Watch how deep it gets when you're the only one around

I watch from just beneath the surface of my liquid landscape
The world I miss yet desired to escape

But now that I'm banished and lost the ability to connect
I wish more than anything to figure out how to redirect

The mermaid life is lonely
Why'd the demons drag me here
If in the sea, they see me
I'll just disappear