Mermaid

On my ship

In the sea

Behind a rock

Blue eyes I see

To my surprise

There is a maid 

Bobbing

With the gentle waves

Her hair is long,

A firey red

That cascades down

Her charming head

I ask her;

“Sweet lady, why in the water you be?”

She replies;

“Because, kind sir, my home is the sea.”

And with that said

She shows her tail

A glittering jewel

For every scale

She sings a song

While she braids her hair

Never has anyone seen

A maid so fair

I say farewell 

And wish her good day

But I watch her closely

As I sail away

She dives off the rock 

With a flip and a splash

The last I see of her

Is the jeweled tails flash

Her beauty so entrancing

Her voice so sweet

She would be perfect

If she only had feet