Mermaid's Eulogy

This is how I met you,

In pieces,

Pretty ones nonetheless,

Heavy and red like coral,

Distilling inquiries

As they left behind the warmth.

A grudge perhaps.

A crimson pout;

For my heart fell not with you

And remains whole in my chest,

Which began to exude abundance

Until I claimed back my breasts.

This cave is humid and cold

Home to stalactites of art, long and sharp,

Formed out of ambitious minerals,

Extensions that did not want you

And stabbed your bubble of life.

I met you then,

In pieces,

Relief orbiting my head

As fragments of magic algae

Oozed from me, in welcome pain,

The fever burning my skin

And all bridges to regret.

Once more life was the ocean, vast, free,

At the mercy of my tail. 

Reviews

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I love this... especially the tail...