I Am a Mermaid

I am a mermaid In my quiet sea I see cloudless skies I dream cloudless dreams I bathe in my milk and honey And seek no man no girl no money I am swimming effortlessly Ungrounded with no wings And dreams Oh by faith the dreams do me no harm ‘tall I am merely a petal on a flower on the wall Such peace to my drink of water is full So many days and nights are blended together in my whirlpool Sweet fruit of life and sugar all in un giving ways of waves Waves my delight on by and join me Mermaid I am here to dawn tomorrow on my feet and hands Floating ‘til dusk on wet sand Dreamer be no harm Dreamer peace in my arms Calm to light and day to dawn Mermaid still away Steal today from my skin shining and dripping in the chill of fall shoreline Supple Smooth Young as air I am a mermaid there -Jess