One winter’s night under the cold December moon I woke from my slumber to a mournful tune It crept from my ears and down the hall But when I followed it nothing was there at all So I peered out the window just in time to see A pale silhouette sadly smiling at me As her song grew louder, my ears began to ring And I found that it was mine, not her song to sing So I stealthily slipped out the creaking front door And began to follow her to her kingdom by the shore Water rising to my waist Arms spread out like a dove Bellowing my melancholy plea for her love Only to find silence as the blood began to pour She sang one last tune, “never more, never more” It was then and only then that my eyes did see It was my reflection that had been smiling back at me She rushed up and whispered ever so silently “This is how you make it. Don’t you want to be free?” Laying on my back with my head just barely afloat I let the waters take me as my body began to bloat This is it now. This is all I’ll ever be. Forever to be trapped in MY kingdom of the sea.