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"The stars illuminated the earth, catching the grass in a rich emerald hue. A symphony of crickets filled the air. Warm summer breezes carried the scent of honeysuckle from the forest."

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She sighed deeply, and it was as if the breath stirred up the dust of her soul.

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Hey here's a spring haiku I wrote for school:

Freed from winter's grasp

Birdsong awakens the world

Flowers praise the sun

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When I call your name, say to me, "I am here."

When I reach out for your hand, give it to me, and whisper to me, "I'm right here."

When I'm weak and barely grasping to life, say, "I'm here. I'm here," because when your name escapes my lips I'm really asking, "Are you with me?"

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You may want to fill the hole, but sometimes just covering it up is adequate.

-A pearl of Minecraft wisdom

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Sometimes it feels like the world has taken more from me than I had to begin with.

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What should I write?

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Me: writing a whole essay about something I wanna talk about and then not posting it because

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No matter how you sow the seeds, they're sunflowers all the same.

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Don't expect me to ask for help while I'm drowning.

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"I don't care to be comfortable," she said. Her eyes bled starlight, staining her face with shimmering rivers made from the essence of despair. "It won't ease the pain in my heart."

"Perhaps not, but if you don't care for your body, your heart will only grow more sore."

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Darling, would it hurt to stay a while? I'll stay with you to see your smile.

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And so the shores of sleep greeted my soul, and the waves washed over my body, tucking me into a dream...

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Hello internet! I don't really know what to put on this account (which may or may not be why i haven't posted anything -.-')

HOWEVER I had an idea last night that I could put random poetry fragments or quotes and stuff I come up with on here instead.

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"We're gods! Surely there's something we can do," Mariza exclaimed, a half-crazed desperation in her eyes as she followed Samira over the moonlit expanse of the sea.

"Even if we could, Mariza, there is no purpose in wasting so much power and energy for such a selfish and unnecessary cause," Samira said, waving their hand dismissively.

Mariza's expression fell, the fins at the sides of her face drooping from discouragement. "But... I... I can't just- do nothing! She's the only one who can help me remember who I am!"

Samira turned, casting a sharp gaze to the newly-ascended sea goddess. "Who you were," they corrected. "It's best you just move on from your mortal life. You're a god now, and soon enough, all the people and places from your past will fade into obscurity, as all mortal things do after a century or so."

"I was turned into a god, couldn't Delta become one too?" Mariza asked. "Then she would be immortal, right?"

"You'd have to convince one of the current gods to pass their power to her, and good luck with that," Samira scoffed. "Besides, Mariza, you need to understand, you'd just create the same cycle of problems by doing that. Delta would lose her mortal memories, and then you'd try to find a way for her to remember them. Suddenly Delta misses her whole crew and begs and pleads for them to become immortal too! Just give it up, Mariza. Your place in the world has changed, and it's high time for you to start taking responsibility as goddess of the sea. You have a whole group of followers waiting for you to answer their prayers, and that's far more important than some pitiful mortals you feel attraction to."

"But I-"

"Honestly, Mariza, focus on your duties. Before you know it, Delta and her whole crew will be gone, and you'll never have to think of them again. Pirating is a dangerous job, any number of things could rid them from the world. Then we can all just move on, like they never existed in the first place. Once you've lived a few more centuries, you'll learn to stop valuing individual mortals so much. Their lives are simply insignificant," Samira said with a smile, as if the words were supposed to be reassuring.

The words sunk into Mariza's brain like molasses into a sponge, and though she wanted to believe they were wrong, she knew there was an ounce of truth to them. Delta did live a very dangerous life, one that wouldn't last even a fraction of Mariza's existence. That thought was terrifying.

Her knees slowly came to meet the surface of the water, which wrapped around her in a welcoming embrace. Small fish swam up to greet her eagerly, unaware of the sorrow flooding her mind. One of them began to nibble at her fingertips, causing her to snap out of her trance. She dove into the water and propelled herself away from the moon god. She had a ship to catch.

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Delta's crew, for the most part, was fast asleep when Mariza caught up to them. None of them noticed when she slipped onboard and headed directly for the captain's cabin. The only evidence of her presence were the wet footprints that followed her along the deck. Even the captain herself was asleep, happily unaware of the sea goddess entering her room.

"Delta." Mariza stepped over to the bed, watching the pirate's sleeping figure for a moment before reaching out and jostling her shoulder. "Delta!"

"Hmm?" The captain hummed, turning over in her sleep to face the wall.

Mariza scowled. "For f^ck's sake," she grumbled, waving her hand and summoning a small orb of water to splash over Delta's head.

It seemed to do the trick, though just barely. Delta woke up in a daze, looking around to try and find the source of the water. She let out a scream of surprise when she saw Mariza standing at her side, arms crossed.

"Sh!t, Mari, you scared me. What are you doing here in the middle of the night?" The captain sat up and rubbed at her eyes.

"I need to talk to you," Mariza said, her anger fading into concern.

Despite her drowsiness, Delta was not oblivious to the mood change. She tossed the blankets aside and stood, placing a hand on Mariza's arm. "Is everything okay?"

"I... I'm scared," Mariza admitted, looking away. "Samira wants me to stop worrying about you, and to move on, but..." She bit her lip, hesitant to speak the words that continued to plague her mind. How am I supposed to forget about someone who means so much to me? "Delta, I want you to promise me something." Mariza steeled herself, meeting Delta's worried gaze.

"Of course. Anything," Delta said, all too eager to support her beloved.

"I need you to stop pirating. In fact, stop sailing altogether. Retire and live a peaceful life, I dunno, baking or something."

"Wh-what?" The request caught Delta completely off guard. "Did you get drunk again?"

"No! Delta, I'm being dead serious," the goddess exclaimed, gripping Delta's shoulders. "It's too dangerous. You have to stop!"

"Mariza, I can't just stop. This is my life!" Delta argued, pulling Mariza's hands from her shoulders. "I've been doing this for years - my whole crew has been doing this for years!" She shouted incredulously.

"I don't want to lose you," Mariza cried. "I know this is your life, but- please, Delta! It's not safe."

Delta fell quiet, and stepped away for a moment. She turned and walked behind her desk, gazing out at the sea through her window. "What you're asking is... It's impossible, Mari. I can't abandon my crew, and I can't ask them to abandon this life as well." She sighed and turned back around to face the goddess. "I'm sorry."

The ship creaked under the heavy silence that followed. Mariza waited with bated breath for the answer she wanted to hear. Even if it wasn't a solid yes, she'd be happier to compromise than get nothing at all.

"I suppose I could try," Delta would say, "For just a few years." Hell, even just an, "I promise to stop pirating and sail as safely as possible from now on," would be acceptable. But after a few minutes passed, Mariza realized she wasn't going to get those answers. Delta had made her final decision, and it was the one that completely disregarded Mariza's concern for her safety.

"Fine," Mariza said, her heart aching in her chest. "Fine! Do whatever the hell you want! I'd sacrifice my godhood to be with you if I had the ability, but you won't even make an effort to be safe for me! Well, if a dangerous life is the one you want, I'll give it to you," she hissed. "Sail as much as you damn please, but know that everytime your ship leaves the harbor, every day you decide to stray further from shore, the wrath of the entire sea will be upon you! Waves will beat on your hull, and rain will forever fall over your ship!" Her eyes glowed viciously in the darkness as she uttered her curse. "Food will be scarce and fish will be few! Nobody will dare come near your ship for the eels and sharks that will circle it."

With the final words spoken, Mariza threw open the door to the cabin and stalked away, fuming. The waves crashed against the sides of the ship, eager to wrap her in their presence once more.

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(This is my first time posting on Tumblr, please tell me if I've done something wrong TvT)

Decided to write a small piece based off of the incredible Ocean Idiots universe ^^

Delta belongs to @the-trashiest-pada

Mariza belongs to @shandzii

Those two and @melodyofthevoid are the creators of the Ocean Idiots universe :)