Oh washed upon the sand.
Cracked open by the waves.
In between the clam meat,
A shiny pearl there lay.

The merpeople gawk and envy,
As a crippled man picks it up.
Takes it through the sand dunes,
Across the open lane,
And up, up, up
to his apartment

He sets it down beside him,
And off to bed he goes.
When the morning sun shines brightly
A handsome man arose.

I can see home
infront of my own eyes.

swirls of blue
that can cover every emotion
over our heads

there are deep, proud blues
that keep your head high
when you wear them
and mean that you actually smile when meeting that common enemy
that is your passing reflection

that common enemy which often haunts you
on the sides of buses
and hides in shop windows
in plain view.

there are misty blues that I see,
and with it
the smell of salt in the air
and the tenderness of your skin
the soreness of your exposed shoulders
when you put on a t-shirt
after breathing in the sun
all day.

then, there are greys,
the appeal of an oncoming storm
beckoning to you
like beautiful merpeople
singing songs to your soul,
grey
is the colour of their gravestone tides.

I can see home
infront of my eyes

no I don't see the greys
the blues
in the skies
no I'm not
confined
by London
anymore

I can see home
in front of my eyes
and home
is wherever I see
yours.

In the darkness of the night.
That is the time she selects to haunt me.
I know I did not give any credence to her ideas.
She told me me she she was a mermaid
She had lived in the depths of the sea for a thousand years.
I know it was a sweet yet beautiful untruth.

If only , I could have let my heart become more receptive.
If only my ears cold have said listen….listen to her.
I smugly accepted her fantasy as a mild aberration harmless and mild.
She was of course the most beautiful woman i had ever seen.

She told me she was trapped in the deep oceans of forever until one day.
She built up enough courage to visit the surface where the humans live.
It was the abject loneliness of the depths
That had forced her to do this foolhardy embarkation.
She saw the sunlight for the first time.
The vivid beauty of non-watercolors met her eyes
The sunlight, oh! the beautiful sunlight.

He was laid upon the beach surely he was dying.
She crawled over to him wishing she had legs like a human.
Her mouth covered his as she breathes the life of his air into his lungs.
And she she fell in love
a feeling not known to her species.
She prayed to the gods of the deep
she offered her soul to be human.
Let me stay and breath the pure sunlit air.
Let me feel the love and touch of a lover.
She looked at her silvered tail as it melted
and the legs that appeared.
As he awoke from the coma of breathing water
he saw her beautiful face
So lovely so gentle ,
so much what he needed.

He married her and they had four children.
The happiness faded as she became ill
She said she needed the sea
The salt water would give her the air she desired and needed.
He tried every medication and all the doctors in the land .
But he was losing her. He knew -----he knew

She said i am to return to the oceans
To live with the merpeople/
I cannot stay here.


He watched as she walked across the sand
to the ocean that called to her.

Her children quietly followed her into waters .
They walked deeper and deeper until they disappeared.
In the late evening sunlight he saw their silvered tails.
His mermaid was gone.

For many months he mourned her loss.
Until he could bear it no more.
Until one morning he walked slowly into the ocean.
Deeper and deeper.
He knew he would surely  drown.

But he prayed to the gods of the sea
to give him a tail
That he may swim to find her.
His legs faded from him.
As he felt the purest salt waters of life
Accept him as one one of her own,
And swam into the deepest depths .
Far below in the secret caves of the ocean
he found his family.

She came to him .
You came to me my love.
You lost your fears and your disbelief.
I am your mermaid
Forever.
And you are my man.