Sketch of Sorrow, a Mermaid's Tale
her obdurate scales no longer silk
(once kaleidoscopic),
worn from tides that led her to a
stagger stone,
she left the ocean to be alone;
unyielding waters wide
parted when she cried-
no ocean could atone
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pale and barren, she wore nudity
like soft chiffon enveloped in lace-
long auburn hair flowing down to
the lowest part of her soft back,
with waves highlighted from the sun;
for
beauty was worn inside and out-
she knew not why her eyes wept,
nor why she wanted solitude;
she laid upon that stone to be
alone-
for no ocean could atone
September 23, 2019
Line Gauthier
Mermaids Poetry Contest
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