A mermaid on a beach spoke through me to all and each She told me how she loved to feel the sun on her skin As it photosynthesized her from without within Like a flower how her power came from outside in But I who had missed out by being inside too much Was inside out with doubt about her much touted touch Of the sun as one who had not photosynthesized Not yet then but when I did again I realized Being understood felt good embracing as it were One with the sun as one who learned the easy way her Way the day becomes us comes to be what we become Photosynthesizing us who know how we come from Love but the returning now is what we fight about Photosynthesizing ourselves from the inside out December comes and we become what we are to be Who may never see a mermaid but you may see me Remember one who loved to feel the sun on her skin And feel the sun like her as it were like me to see How our power like a flower from without within The light is not to fight about love only shines free Photosynthesizing us now from the outside in As a mermaid on a beach Spoke through me to all and each +Steven Curtis Lance Copyright MMXII