A poem by  BluMermaid

Smiling to the jewel of fire hanging in the sky

She sets free a song of joy

The suns heat dazzling the sea

diamonds sparkling upon each crest

The rhythm of the tide is the music that fills her ears

Matching the beating of her heart

She breaks the surface of the blue and green

searching the land

rising beyond her

Feeling the air touch her gently

A breeze kissing tingling skin

Silently she moves through the water

Forests of sea weed wave

beneath her

beckoning her to stay

Their long leaves caressing and winding about her

tugging teasingly at her sleekness

She dances there a moment

Letting her hair billow about like ebony clouds

Fish of yellow and orange

hide in her dark tresses

joining the play

Closer to the shore

where the waves tumble to the land

she carefully watches.

Those who walk there dream of her

she has quietly sung her melodies to them

When they walk alone she stays near

almost longing to touch them

Before that desire can hold her tight

she surrenders to her lovely sea

The quietness of mystery

The beauty of what they do not know.

When the moon rises

the tide will rock her to slumber

Peacefully she will drift

as the sea embraces her

caressed softly by mermaid dreams



JTL May 1999

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by Charles Santore