Random Acts of Poetry

Random Acts of Poetry

He Married a Mermaid

He married a mermaid
who caught him like a fish
in her tangle of seaweed.

He married a mermaid
and gave every sand dollar
to his chicken of the sea.

He married a mermaid,
and they played with the dolphins
at the edge of a whirlpool.

He married a mermaid,
and her salty kisses
dissolved his tomorrows.

He married a mermaid
and ignored the pale men
floating in her wake.

He married a mermaid
and drifted ever further out to sea
while tiny scales grew over his eyes.

He married a mermaid
whose love songs
were the cause of many a shipwreck.

He married a mermaid
whose embrace was an undertow
dragging him down to airless depths.

He married a mermaid,
but he was always alone.
No mortal woman dared intrude on their reef of dreams.