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I've Always Had a Tail
by Rebecca


See?
*splash*
Why thank you, I like it too.
Kinda cute i think.

Those are some nice
legs you have, I
bet you can run and
jump and dance all day
Oh?

don't worry 'bout me

My tail gets me where I'm going!


Although


I used to be ashamed of it
No one else had a tail
that I could see so...
I tried to hide mine
Hoping no one would see
That I was different

Well It worked...
Sorta

No one saw my tail
But everyone saw
the empty spot it left
in me

That empty spot hurts
I tried to fill it, with books
TV and Video games

Then Really icky things
Things that hurt me
and my family

I thought my tail was killing me
I wished it would disappear
That I would...

At school all I heard was

"Aren't you normal?"

Why can't you RUN?
Why don't you JUMP?
Why won't you DANCE?

errrr cause I have a TAIL?

I asked god for help
God please make me normal
I want FEET not FINS
I want to play sports like my brother
or drive a truck like my daddy,

I can't do that with FINS i need FEET
But everyday i woke up to

fins, tail, and heartache

SO i began to think god must
want me unhappy for some reason
Otherwise he would make it so
I was like everyone else right?
But if god wanted me unhappy

Then he must not love me
if god doesn't love me...

Who?

I began to think having a tail meant no one would
ever love me
That I was a freak who would be alone forever
I was unworthy of love, society seemed to say

But then i found out how BIG the ocean was
There were others with tails just like me

They were all so colorful
blue ones,
red ones,
pink and purple
some had rainbow tails!

it was so much fun to meet new friends
not hiding who I was
I discovered new talents and
interests that opened up the whole
ocean to me

We decided that if god wanted us to walk
We would have feet, but since we got tails
We can only assume he meant for us
to swim!

So swim we did
I could DANCE underwater
I could  RACE my friends
I could JUMP and fly with the dolphins

We explored the deepest parts of
sea together.
It was so wonderful,

I wish I could show you it..

Whoa wassat?
YOU have a TAIL too?
Wow!

How could I have missed it?
it's so beautiful!
Now, why would you hide something
like that?
Its ever prettier than mine!
Humph, I'm soooo jealous

Huh?
Sure I can teach you how
It's easy just watch me
Yep you got it like a wave
Easy ain't it?
It's really what you were born to do!
Common whadda ya waiting for?
If it's too cold here,
we can swim someplace else!