The Coral Bracelet (Poetry)

Strung on thin gold wire
almost perfectly
matched their pink/orange
colour encircled
snug around her wrist

Each small bead glowed warm
against her skin and
the sensation felt
oddly familiar
from the first wearing

Loathe to take it off
she wore it to bed
and dreamed of the sea
swimming with bright fish
in and out of reefs

Her dreams so vivid
made real life seem drab
she heard the ocean
every time she slept
the waves sang to her

When taking a bath
she found a small patch
of scales on her arm
guessing what that meant
she moved to the coast