A mermaid swimming
in the deep blue sea
was sad as sad
as a mermaid can be.
“I'm tired of living
down here in the sea.
I want to fly off and see
what there's to see. “
Said a whale swimming by,
“Please don't leave me,
for you are our beauty
of the deep blue sea.”
“Oh, I'm going,” said the mermaid.
“And I'm leaving soon.
I want to ride
in a hot air balloon.”
“No, don't go away.
Please don't even try.
In a hot air balloon,
you'd surely die.”
“Can't you see,
I want to be free.
Up in the air
I want to fly.”
“Then I'll tell you
what I can do.”
said the whale trying
to be a friend true. (yes, I know this
is a reversal, it needs work.)
“If you lie upon my blowhole
I'll try to help with your flight goal.
I'll blow a spout,
shoot it high
up in the sky,
you will fly.
“You can have a look.
I'll give you the ride,
and when you're done
come down inside
the deep, deep,
blue, blue sea
to be with me,
my beauty.”
So the mermaid lay upon the spout
and let the whale
blow her out.
She went flying
ever so high
and enjoyed the view
from in the sky.
Then she flew
back into the sea
and once more
was glad she could be
the mermaid from
the deep blue sea.
She shared with everyone
her beauty
and stories about
flying wild and free.
Happy Monday, I'm busy working on my taxes. This poem is definitely a draft. I'll keep working on it. (Is it as bad as I think it is? I shouldn't have gotten up this morning.) Any suggestions? Just enjoy thinking about the friendship between a whale and a mermaid. Can you write a very short poem of a conversation between them?
