Mermaid

Sink or swim in love. Despair and hope. Vision and mission.

Mermaid                                  by Sami S. Khalil

A new form Sonnet

While I at sea … the sky painted so blue

With chills belie, the warm sunlights accrue 

My mind begged to quell inklings laid bare

Grasping memories of shadows with flair

 

Wherein fallow hearts search for repose

Heavy curtains of love on gray throes 

For some things won’t die so through misgiving

Pain does pierce the lost soul in boats drifting

 

Lo and behold, hope did drape me promptly

When I saw the “Mermaid” swimming aptly

Harbinger of sanguine mercy bathing

A fairy tale, a cosmic star ... searching

 

I fell headlong in her beauty and song

We found freedom flitting where dreams belong

Reviews

[Just Kim]

This is emotional, but a lovely read. nicely done

[Sami Khalil]

Hi Just Kim. Thank you so much for the lovely visit and liking. Good to see you.

[Patricia Wedel]

Mermaids are Wishes that appear on Rocks
where Dolphins play and Seagulls Sing while Waves dance in melodies of 💔 broken hearts.
Be well... Be safe... Pray fully, Pat

[Sami Khalil]

Whoeee! So true and well said. Thank you so much dear Patricia for this awesome review and wishes. Enjoy the Holidays.

[Arundass TP]

Beautiful poem enjoyed well

[Sami Khalil]

Howdy sir. Thank you so much Arundass for this lovely review. Stay safe and creative.

[Sami Khalil]

Sami's sonnet
14 lines, 3 quatrains, one couplet, iambic pentameter and a rhyme scheme of every 2 lines.

[barleygirl]

This is not what I understand to be a sonnet, but that does not take away from a damn good poem! (I'll let Richard determine if this might be some sonnet form that I've never heard of). This is the best I've seen you rhyming & lilting along thru the lines. Great imagery from the sea & also from the heart. Mermaids are magical & you've conveyed that well (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Sami Khalil]

Hi Barleygirl. I love your take on this sonnet. Read more. I so delight in your presence and your reactions. May you have wonderful Holidays.

[Coyote Poetry]

I need to find the sea and a mermaid. I need a location Sami. Hello my friend and thank you for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Sami Khalil]

Hehehe! Keep sailing those great lakes(As large as seas) and you will find her resting on one of your coves, waiting for her dream-man. Thank you so much Coyote Poetry for taking the time to visit and share. Happy Holidays.

[Coyote Poetry]

Merry Christmas Sami. Too cold for the mermaids in Michigan now.

[Sami Khalil]

Merry Christmas. Hehehe.

[Delmar Cooper]

It's very good and a pleasure to read, but is it a sonnet? I am no master of poetic forms, and it's enough for me that I enjoyed what I took to be six couplets of verse.

[Sami Khalil]

Hi Delmar. I hope all is well. It is indeed. I'm so glad you liked this sonnet and its contents. Pleasure to see you.

[Diana]

"We found freedom flitting where dreams belong."- I love this line, almost reminds me of the last line in the Great Gatsby a little bit, "And we drifted on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." To grasp at things we cannot hold...alas.

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! I love it too. I'm delighted to see you back and with full participation. Hope all is well. Gracie millee....

[Diana]

You're welcome! Good to talk to you.

[Sami Khalil]

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[andrew mitchell]

If that’s a mermaid I want one! As always King Sami written eloquently and with finesse, such a command of the English language you have.

[Sami Khalil]

Hehehe! Keep sailing sir and looking deeper and you will find her. I can't thank you enough Emperor Mitchell for this lovey and valued visit. Oooops...I got to go...I spy a Mermaid sir...

[andrew mitchell]

lol.................................... go get her

[Sami Khalil]

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[jacob erin-cilberto]

How delightful it would be to be captured by a Mermaid, and be able to swim away from everything with her.
As long she fixed it so we could breathe underwater.
The sea is so beautiful...this poem is likewise.
Nice rhyme scheme as well.

[Sami Khalil]

Whoeee. It is all true indeed and worthy for the sake of love dear poet and friend. Some can swim in love, others drown. I always think about mermaids when I go to Starbucks so I got inspired. Thank you so much great poet for all. See you in a jiffy...