A Dream of A Mermaid

A Poem by Methmi Mandara

She is dreaming for stay with us

Going on land with legs and heels Be with humans in the world with heal See the sunrise and evening sky shade Is just a dream to me, a mermaid Ancestors advice, no affair with human To all the mermaids in the deep ocean I wish I could go without a tail As little mermaid in the fairytale All with fish, corals and weed Sometimes caught by sharks so speed Marine life is boring now Waiting to be on land, no matter how I've heard humans say Mermaid hair is gold not gray As a cloud floating in the water But I wish to fly to real clouds later They say that my tail is magical With golden dust can't explain lyrical Swimming underwater with dolphin friends But why can;t I be with human friends As a cloud floating in the water But I wish I fly to real clouds later