[sakari09]

Mermaid's Song

Oh how long at sea I’ve waited
Under the light of the moon,
Each night dreaming of you.
I would lie in the sun
Baking away while your
Ship sailed idly by and by.
Even in that searing heat I would
Think of you.
The brush of the sea like your fingertips,
I imagine them caressing my scales.
I wrote a song for you,
So beautiful and yet I can never sing it to you again.
Before you turned ear and listened
Your fate was sealed.
There is not a single soul of man
Saved by the sound of a mermaid’s song.
Slowly sinking, sinking, sinking
Is your little boat
While I lay here sobbing,
Wishing I had not sung at all.
Wood splinters and snaps,
The sea claiming many lives.
Under the moon’s gaze I hold you now.
No longer breathing with pale features;
Oh this woe!
I may never sing again.

~Sakari09