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I'm dying And it seems I've always been My branches so fragile most of each year My roots disconnected My bark shrivelled and scarred Dark shadows instead of eyes Leaves broken and as sharp as thin glass Yes, the worms in me know Of my longing for the sea below Of my struggle with these rocks that keep me Chained to this cliff alone Dying I watch the rising sun I simply stare By now depleted and dried And the ocean's grip Feels closer than it's even been before Its wilderness tempting I’m eager and waiting For vultures to tear me apart For ravens to carry my still beating heart Into the black waters of fall

Mareena closed her eyes and sighed contently as she felt the sun's ray touch her skin for the very first time. The ocean around her was calm and tranquil, nearly mirroring her mood currently. The surface world was much more beautiful than she had anticipated. The images she had seen in the books back in the libraries of Atlantis could never do it justice. Mareena opened her eyes once more and lightly smiled as she looked up at the sky. The clouds above slowly moved in the sky and she was fascinated all over again. She had never seen anything close to this down in the ocean. She looked forward and began to swim. If she had looked at the maps correctly and accurately calculated her course then she was bound to reach the city known as Metropolis. The very city home of the Justice League Unlimited, once allies of her father King Arthur or otherwise known to them as Aquaman. The very same father who had forbade all Atlanteans from ever going to the surface world years back. The punishment