The Voice of the Prisoner at Sea

"Please be careful." 

"Mother relax. Something out there is calling me

and I have to find it."

Be weary of her song

She hides below, but reaches your soul

Her voice is like an angel

so melancholy and fragile

Behind that voice is the monster 

that awaits to seal your fate in the depths of hell

Be weary, for her beauty isn't worth the price to pay

Set out for an adventure

to an unknown calling

desperate to see the wounder

 of what the world could show me

 

Dangerous waters pulled at my ship

wanting to cast me over

Waves trying to capsize me

I struggle to find my feet 

as the waves crash higher

My skin is frozen against the icy waters

Thrown into the ocean, weak, and cold

My fight almost over I cannot bare to hold on

I let the water take me under

That ill fate I've always heard

will claim another victum

Tears match the water as I go farther down..

letting the world slip away

I take one last look as piercing eyes meet mine

Her delicate hands touching my face

Hoisting me up to the surface

Her voice sweet and enchanting

She whispers to me

"This is not the hell you want

Prisoner to the sea, never to see land"

A soft kiss is all she leaves me with 

before disappearing back below. Her face, so beautiful 

My new adventure awaits

to find a forbidden love

A new adventure that ends with me

Author's Note

Ive always been mesmerized by mermaids, and this drew me in when I first wrote it. An adventure of discovery to find what lies beneath!

Reviews

[Laconic Meraki]

I can very much relate to this writing.
It's all in the music.
It's love and hate.
Light and dark.
Relatable lyrics and calming melodies are meant to deceive you.
#refusetosink, love.

[Coyote Poetry]

A wonderful poem dear Hayllie.
"A soft kiss is all she leaves me with
before disappearing back below. Her face, so beautiful
My new adventure awaits
to find a forbidden love
A new adventure that ends with me"
The above lines. Wonderful and wishful. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Hayllie]

It leaves you woundering how his story unfolds. Will he find his love at the bottom of the ocean, or will he become yet another victim to the waters? Thank you so much!!

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome dear Hayllie.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I was thinking of Titanic and thinking , if only there were a mermaid there to save Jack at the end.
There is something really fascinating about the idea of Mermaids....
Maybe they do exist...at least your poem gives us hope to that effect.
j.

[Hayllie]

I would love the adventure to see if they were truth or myth...Logically thinking, probably not but that is the fascination with our imagination.. it opens our minds to such great dreams!