Mermaids

Swim if you will with mermaids three, Barbara, Irena, and finally me.

We swim together in the warmest seas, as the scent of salt air floats in the breeze.

Our tails undulate in time with the waves, while we frolic and sing all of the day.

Fish bubble our names and swim by our sides, slips of bright scales into the tide.

Alas at day’s end our tails start to shrink, and legs sprout anew, shiny and pink.

Then off we go to our respective lives to masquerade quietly as respectable wives.

  

The Sea Knows

The sea knows my name
and calls me ever homeward
here child, you’ll be safe

  
The sea owns my soul
echoes in the ebb and flow
waves’ endless lament

  
The sea holds my heart
safely wombed in fathoms deep
swaddling currents’ keep.

  

Peace, people.