More of the fairy tale

The Little Mermaid

Stave 2

 On the day the mermaid turned fifteen,

As the sun

Dipped

Slowly

Into

The deep,

She rose like a bubble and burst through to see

Coral clouds glitter, the evening star gleam.

Buoyed on the ocean, with one raised sail,

Was a three-masted ship.

She was entranced in the wavering light,

As hundreds of lanterns lit up the night.

Lured by music from the barque

To a porthole whose brightness pierced the dark,

She saw in the cabin a dark-eyed prince

And fell in love.

There arose all at once a terrible gale,

Hideous waves like ghostly whales

Caused planks to burst and masts to snap;

In a crackle of lightning, the vessel cracked.

The mermaid plunged down after her love,

Raised his body to the waves above

That carried

Them to shore.

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