Moonlight Tide

Better than gold,
treasure untold
found deep beneath,
fathoms below.

A coral kingdom
beneath the sea
a mysterious creature
no one can see.

A jeweled crown
rests upon her head
as she lies asleep
on her clamshell bed.

For their lies a mermaid
every fisherman's dream
sleeping peacefully,
the mermaid queen.

Softly dreaming
of true love
with a handsome sailor
from up above.

At the same time
on the shores up above
a fisherman looks out
and professess his love.

His mind is haunted
by a beautiful dream
he imagines finding
his own mermaid queen.

And if fate is kind
on a starry night
he will find his queen
and take flight.

He will leave his world
to stay by her side,
forever to swim
in the moonlit tide.

C.L.Kilburn

Artwork By

Sachi

I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think that they will sing to me.
I have seen them riding seaward on the waves
Combing the white hair of the waves blown back
When the wind blows the water and back.
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.

T.S. Eliot

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