In a flash,
when the bird song was silenced,
when the wind ceased and watched,
when all horses paused neighing,
when all flowers failed to recall waving,
when the Pacific ocean held making waves,
when magma in Etna lost its mobility,
I saw you...
Yes, The Beautiful..it's you,
I saw you turned away,
your adorable face,
in case I spot you were looking at me..
Without any delay,
I saw you were smiling at me secretly..
Yes, The Beautiful I saw,
it was you.....
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P.A.Vinura Jayasanka
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The myth says mermaids sing to lure sailors to their death. But why? The ocean is huge. Only 5 percent has been discovered by man. Why would a creature of the sea with that much space to roam ever care about the fate of men on ships? The answer, as it turns out, is not a simple one at all. The truth about the myth is older than the tides. Long ago before the first ship ever cut across the surface, the sea made a pact with the sky. The sky would take the souls of the drowned. Anyone who died in storms or any quiet accidents of the deep would have their soul lifted upward to the Heavens while the bodies would remain below, feeding the oceans endless hunger. The greedy sea however wanted more souls than the sky would claim. So it created mermaids. It gave them beautiful voices woven from currents and moonlight. It commanded them to sing. "Bring forth the ones who float where they should sink." it instructed them. So they did. They never killed out of malice but out of obligation. They sung to summon, not to seduce. A mermaid's voice could loosen the tether between the body and soul, making any man step willingly into the water. The sea would take the body and the sky would take the soul. Balance maintained.
By Sara Wilson6 days ago in Fiction
Comments (3)
Love how you stop time in such a monumental way.
Don’t forget to smile back. 😉 Hope you will be able to reach the next steps! Good luck to you 🫡
Laugh out loud! Short and sweet. Brother, I really like the way you joined nature for your poem. All when lines from 2 to 7 are mesmerizing. "I saw you were smiling at me secretly.." Haha... That's the point 😁😂😂!