Poetry Wednesday: My Moonlight Mermaid.

My Moonlight Mermaid

 

She lives beneath the turbulent sea

I have seen her briefly and fleetingly

 

Her long and golden locks of hair

Her skin so pale it glistens fair

 

It was on a voyage many years ago

I spied her shape, on a rock below

 

We were anchored on the island side

Of a far off land both high and wide

 

Naught wind, just gentle rocking

I strode the deck, as my ship sat docking

 

Around the port side and starboard too

I wandered that night, admiring the view

 

Of brilliant stars across the night sky

And moon beams shimmering on water nearby

 

Looking into the distance and out towards sea

On rocky outcrop in shadow, she be

 

First I noticed her hair, a golden glow

Then her skin glistening, like sun on snow

 

I reached for my spectacles, sitting in my top pocket

Placing them on my face, twas a sight I’d never regret

 

Her fish tale silver and all curled around

As she sat on that rock, not making a sound

 

Just reclining back and combing her hair

Using a pearly shell comb, rhythmically, with care

 

I was taken a back by this beautiful apparition

I was not one who believed in superstition

 

A sailors lot can be lonely and long

We all know the stories, of a sirens song

 

Who could I call on this graveyard shift?

This sighting was all mine, only my gift

 

I watched her for what, seemed like hours

Mesmerised by her mystic powers

 

As my night watch on deck, drew to a close

Sailors shouting and moving below, as they arose

 

I turned my attention back to the rocky outcrop

Wishing the daylight would retreat and stop

 

She shone and sang for me, all through the night

And left me, a poor sailor, in total delight.

 

Eyes and body holding back sleepiness, I yawned

Gone was my mermaid, as morning dawned.

 

Milli 2008

 

 

 

 

 

Mermaid or Siren: An Eve figure overlaid with the cult of the Virgin, a sealed vessel enclosing either sexual temptation or sexual virtue, or some paradoxical and potent mixture of the two. Carol Shields, The Republic of Love

 

 

 

 

The poem above is written by myself and posted here to share, from my page only. Thank you for visiting and there is more to be read about Mermaids from these links below.

Mermaid Art

Mermaid Definition 0f

Mermaids on the Web

The Mermaid
 
by Heinz Insu Fenkl

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My friend Mister Ifiik has very kindly written a co verse to mine here please

 click here to read his version of a Siren.