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My beautiful fisherman

You are my wind

You are my sun

The blood in my veins

The bones to make me stand

 

I've been drowning

And i thought you were my life raft

I thought you were my island

My safe place to escape

 

But turning away from the water

Won't make it go away

Running from the sea

Won't make it less deep

 

I've grown so used to finding my boat

So used to hiding from the tide

I panicked when it wasn't there

Has my boat sailed away?

The panic gave me a cramp

Tied weights to me

And I began to sink faster

 

How could my boat do this?

How could it sail away?

But the more I missed my boat

The more I needed it to stay

 

But not as safety

Not as refuge

But a love to share

And laugh and grow

 

I still need my boat

But not like I did before

No more hiding

No more dry land

I need to swim

 

Because boats are fun

And great for days

But the sea is a beast

That no boat can match

 

No she doesn't care that I'm a mermaid

Who fell in love with a fisherman

She doesn't care I've spent too much time on dry land

I forgot how to use my fins

 

A mermaid that can't swim

What a pathetic life it is

But she's cruel

She wont keep the boats around

 

So don't forget how to swim

Don't forget how to use your fins

We are strong us mermaids

Making deals with sea witches

Seducing men to their death

All fine folk tales

But you have to believe the myth

Always been strong

 

Because regardless of what Disney said

I can't grow legs

I'll always be a mermaid

But what use is it if I can't swim

 

When I learn how to swim again

I hope my fisherman will come back

I hope he hasn't sailed too far away

 

When I'm on deck of our boat again

We will dance and sing

Maybe have dogs

And flowers to remind us of land

A piano in the dining room

And guitars lining the walls

Music will echo

They can hear us from land

The happy fisher and his happy mermaid

Living together again

 

But storms always come

Because that's how nature works

It rains

It snows

It storms

Than the sun returns

 

This time when the storm comes

And makes waves that could touch the moon

And I get thrown overboard

I won't forget how to swim

 

I'll play with the fish

Make friends with sharks

And await the return of my beautiful fisherman

 

But you will always be my wind

My sun

The air in my lungs

 

But soon I will have gills

So I can breath when the water comes

You can't be my fins anymore

You can't be my dry land

You can't save me from drowning

Because mermaids are free

But if you want

You can be free with me

 

So please return my beautiful sailor

And we can live on our happy boat

And I'll be one with the sea

Because this sea is a part of me

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lizzy15
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Published
Aug 18, 2014
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