There Lives a Mermaid

There lives a mermaid with a lighted tail In a cave deep, deep under the dark blue sea Moonlight does not reach her But some of the sun rays do___ And when the rays strike her body She shines like a full moon____ Enlightens the dark bottom of the sea & sings a song that awakens the dead Pity for the sea It is blinded to her bedazzle light__ Pity for the sea It is deaf to her mellifluous melodies___ Only the Jellyfish could listen the song, Only he could see the Precious, He comes there everyday, Talk for hours to the Creature locked in a wide antre with one small window Deep, deep under the water She loves herself, and her tail, The sole source of light in Dark__ She can, but won’t break the lock, For the light will vanish the moment she steps out of the antre Dark will rule And the animals, Ahh their lives…!! No, she must stay there, And sing to the pearls sleeping in the mollusks A song of life and of hope She must stay at the bottom, And sing to the ones who listen For the sake of theirs, & of her own (Paghunda)