In the pool where mermaids like to play and sing
\nby cricketjeff on January 7, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nIn between the races, where the tide must ebb and flow;
\nThere’s a calmer stretch of water where few normal people go.
\nTo reach its quiet magic you must brave a mighty rip
\nAnd be prepared to fight, when currents hold you in their grip.<\/p>\n
The rocks upon the South-side can chew any boat in two
\nAnd the sandbank to the seaward has been known to strand a few
\nBut for those who struggle onward, there’s a certain treat in wait.
\nTo be one of those to see it, long ago my happy fate.<\/p>\n
It’s the pool where mermaids like to play and sing<\/p>\n
I came upon this idyll while escaping from a storm.
\nSeeking only landfall and a shelter dry and warm.
\nStranded on the sandbanks, other sailors dashed away.
\nI was washed onto an islet, where I saw a mermaid play.<\/p>\n
Her hair was long and flowing, like a wave down to her waist
\nEverything about her had been formed in perfect taste.
\nHer face that of an angel, soft yet somehow firm each breast
\nHer skin shone precious amber, felt her fire within my chest<\/p>\n
In the pool where mermaids like to play and sing<\/p>\n
Her voice was soft as peaches, that have ripened in the sun.
\nWith a tone of love and passion and a rising note of fun.
\nHer buttocks smooth and pert I saw, she dived away from me.
\nJust the laughter in her singing seemed to calm the raging sea.<\/p>\n
Strength was fading from me and I hardly was aware,
\nThat her arms were now around me and she cradled me with care.
\nMy lips now tasted heaven as she kissed away the salt.
\nShe smile when I then kissed her back, no signal there to halt.<\/p>\n
In the pool where mermaids like to play and sing<\/p>\n
Though from thighs down she’d a fish tail; she was woman up above
\nAnd she showed me she was mistress in the steamy arts of love.
\nThen she turned her back and vanished, underwater without splash
\nAnd the storm returned to taunt me and the waves began to crash.<\/p>\n
Next morning I was lying, almost dead on golden sand
\nNo sailor more delighted to be waking on the land.
\nAnd I’d swear that I’d been dreaming but when twenty years had flown
\nI met a fisherman with amber skin, and a face just like my own.<\/p>\n
Near the pool where mermaids like to play and sing.<\/p>\n
Author notes
\nRhythm needs a little work I think. Nearly right now, lost the rather lovely
\nbut out of place feminine rhyme in the middle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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