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if only i could sing
and with my music
lead him unto me -
then he could come
to hold me tight,
kiss my longing lips,
and give me warmth
before i breathe
my final breath
and melt away.
but only i
could hear my song
and only in my head,
for i exchanged
my voice
my life
my true identity
so i could have
my own -
complete humanity.
no longer will
my gift of voice
soar high
nor dive
in sweetest melodies,
for it is gone...
as i will be.
what fool i was
what fool i am
that i believed
my dreams.
betrayed
my father's love
and left
my sisters' care
so i could be with him -
my prince,
my love,
the one i so desire
the object of my desire.
my voice sings somewhere else;
my spirit dances not within me -
and with such pains
i realize
who i'm not meant to be.
my nature lives
for water,
for my own kind,
and so on land
i die -
without a prince
to love
and love me;
without a fairy tale...
there is no fairy tale!
and all there is
is tragedy -
my very own reality.
---
the mermaid speaks
---
gln 020516 2348
land of the lost
if only i could sing
and with my music
lead him unto me -
then he could come
to hold me tight,
kiss my longing lips,
and give me warmth
before i breathe
my final breath
and melt away.
but only i
could hear my song
and only in my head,
for i exchanged
my voice
my life
my true identity
so i could have
my own -
complete humanity.
no longer will
my gift of voice
soar high
nor dive
in sweetest melodies,
for it is gone...
as i will be.
what fool i was
what fool i am
that i believed
my dreams.
betrayed
my father's love
and left
my sisters' care
so i could be with him -
my prince,
my love,
the one i so desire
the object of my desire.
my voice sings somewhere else;
my spirit dances not within me -
and with such pains
i realize
who i'm not meant to be.
my nature lives
for water,
for my own kind,
and so on land
i die -
without a prince
to love
and love me;
without a fairy tale...
there is no fairy tale!
and all there is
is tragedy -
my very own reality.
---
the mermaid speaks
---
gln 020516 2348
land of the lost
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special thanks to rustajb [link] for orchestrating a provocative image that continues to stimulate my senses. His photograph prompts me to pursue a concept I've been paying with, and thus i thank him for the impetus. please visit his page and let his art tango with your senses as well.
disclaimer:
hans christian andersen is one of my best and most respected companions as a child, and In no way do i intend to desecrate the beauty of his imagination with this poetry; i simply intend to offer another conceivable set of possibilities. so please let "the little mermaid" live in her own fairy tale and let mine dwell in "my own". thank you.
---
prelude:
open your eyes and see a new world - one that departs from known traditions and paints a picture of a "new reality".
think of a tale of lust,
rebellion,
betrayal,
selfishness,
and defiance of the truthfulness of one's nature to become a being one is not and will not ever completely be…
disclaimer:
hans christian andersen is one of my best and most respected companions as a child, and In no way do i intend to desecrate the beauty of his imagination with this poetry; i simply intend to offer another conceivable set of possibilities. so please let "the little mermaid" live in her own fairy tale and let mine dwell in "my own". thank you.
---
prelude:
open your eyes and see a new world - one that departs from known traditions and paints a picture of a "new reality".
think of a tale of lust,
rebellion,
betrayal,
selfishness,
and defiance of the truthfulness of one's nature to become a being one is not and will not ever completely be…
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Beautifully written. So much depth and meaning.