Scales or Skin? by mindfreak

writing · @mindfreak · Jun 30 '17

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Scales or Skin?

## Scales or Skin?


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In the blue deep, she did
swim.
She swam with flowing
motions, limb by limb.


She caused heads to turn
in the waning moonlight.
She ignored their
suspicious looks, and kept
on going right.


She found a desolate
beach and sat down, her 
green locks glowing.

"She's not the same as
us," The village folk
started saying and 
knowing.


Though she was kind 
and incredibly nice,
The common folk denied
her without even thinking
twice.

They say she was
different, she even had
green fins!


But, should someone 
really be judged by their 
scales or their skin?


Some people started to
notice she wasn't mean.
Just misunderstood in a 
way unseen.


The people started to
learn that scales, skin,
and gender didn't matter.

A kindred heart 
and soul is what 
really matters.

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@patrickmeier · Jun 30 '17

Beautiful read! <3

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@mindfreak · Jun 30 '17

@patrickmeier Thank you so much :)

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@jeff-kubitz · Jun 30 '17

Good work!

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@mindfreak · Jun 30 '17

@jeff-kubitz Thank you so much :)
I am glad you liked it.

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@billykeed · Jun 30 '17

Sweet!

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@mindfreak · Jun 30 '17

Thank you so much 😊

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@randowhale · Jun 30 '17

This post received a 1.0% upvote from @randowhale thanks to @mindfreak!  For more information, [click here](https://steemit.com/steemit/@randowhale/introducing-randowhale-will-you-get-the-100-vote-give-it-a-shot)!

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@royalmacro · Jun 30 '17

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@screenname · Jul 1 '17

Re: Scales or Skin?

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