The girl stood on the platform, reciting her poem. "I am not a fair skinned maiden, I do not revel in the love of others. I am the mother of the ocean, the daughter of the night. I am the color of the earth, I am the shades of the trees. I do not speak in the voice of the sun; I crash against the shore. I am the truth you are afraid of. I am the lie you find comfort in. I see more than I speak. I speak more than I listen. I know that after the fire scorches you, the wind traps you and the ground swallows you, I am the only thing you come back to. You are not deserving of me or my mind. And you are certainly not deserving of my love." •❅──────*.·:·.☽✧ ✦ ✧☾.·:·.*──────❅• a work of fiction by me. however, i do not own or claim to own any of the characters in this story other than those created by me.