Rumor Has It

written for the Sea Creatures contest

 

 

 

Rumor Has It

 

Hair the color of sunset hues

Eyes as green as kelp

Legend has it

She swims the seas

Only to be of help

 

 

Many a fisherman's seen her

A tail like that of fish

Scales and gills

With womanly frills

Is a dying seaman’s wish

 

Many a ship in peril

Victims of stormy seas

Say just a glimpse

Of an ocean nymph

Brings luck to a captains plea's

 

So a place of faith and honor

Is bestowed upon the bows

Of vessels with the history

That has carved the mermaid mystery

According to folklore trow

PB 9/5/08