The waves sing a siren's song,
The song is a sweet melody,
Inviting.
It is about safety,
About rest,
About the tendency to forget
One's aches and pains.
So the sailor,
Routinely bewitched and overcome,
Sinks into the folds of an ocean-wide kingdom.
The waters blanket him.
It's hard to resist.
When he gasps and glances at awaken reality,
Gravity pulls him back gently.
He doesn't realise the passage of time.
He's longed for these moments
When the ocean is merciful enough to help him forget himself.
But he can't stay for long
Flirting with death.
Once the sun rises
And its rays point towards his closed eyelids,
The tide shrinks as if through a drain,
And the singers disperse,
Awaiting the next moonrise.