I am so glad you like it, Thief. I regularly venture into my love of writing some stuff tilted toward the dark side. My David Lynch Twin Peaks side. Been my thing for a long time.

Your interpretation is wild. Love it. Granny rocking Lilly's soul.

There is a longer Lilly story brewing and I might borrow some of your thoughts from your comment, if that's ok?

Since the beauty of writing is all the possible interpretations, here is another I was flipping in my mind as I wrote the 10-worder:

Ninety year old Lilly, reflecting back to the time she actually did almost drown at three years old and to this day all she remembers is a seahorse and once she regained consciousness, Granny consoling her.

Yet her entire life going forward was filled with so much strife that sometimes she felt her whole self dissolving, like birds relentlessly pecking her.

Then often over the years when she dreamed of ( had nightmares about) her drowning, Granny is there but she looks like a mermaid and always the mean birds attack….

Rebecca thinks David L. would approve...🙄🥰😎