Unconcious Fatality; Reality Poem by Dakota Ellerton

Bath time says mother
the water is warm
but not too warm
I slip off my clothes
and walk over to the tub
I look in the water
see a nothingness looking back
I lift my body into the bath
I lay my head back
covering myself, all but my nose
I lower my head to the bottom
holding my breath
I wonder, why is it I'm not a mermaid?
I've never tried to breath under water before
so how do I really know I'm not?
I lay there for what seems to be forever
eventually I instinctly try to surface
but my childish belief over powers my will
I close my eyes
before I knew it, I was a mermaid.