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# Mermaids In The Sea Of Now
- URL: https://www.vesperapress.com/mermaids-in-the-sea-of-now/
- Published: 2015-06-23T00:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-06-23T00:01:00.000Z
- Author: Meri McGuire McConn
- Tags: Oceans of Mine, #Poetry, #Love and Relationships

But,  
I am in love with you.  
Why feign that I am not?  
Why silence the words that sit upon my lips,  
That drip from my skin,  
That shine from my eyes,  
That everyone knows,  
That you knew before anyone,  
That you pulled from me,  
That you saw would be true  
When your eyes first found me  
A year ago  
In your slick, black suit  
With your penetrating, demanding eyes  
With your commanding, silent gaze?

I was angry with you.  
How dare you gaze upon me,  
Stare at me lengthily  
And not complete the phrase?  
How could I not sense?  
How could I not notice,  
You, the most handsome of your group,  
So self-assured, even if you were shy,  
Staring so single-mindedly;  
Was I not to notice, truly?  
Was I not to hold your gaze?

Would that I had been that doe  
In that rainy meadow,  
Ears pricked,  
Returning your gaze, innocently…

But you did not peek at me innocently,  
Did you?

You looked at me with intent.

You saw into my soul.

You knew me.

You commanded me.

Instantly.

And composedly walked away.

We loathe those birds-of-prey  
Whose glittering feathers woo fine women  
He who knows his beauty  
Fashions his allure like preened wings  
Displayed for all to see  
Pricks his talons into lovely creatures  
So he can as easily withdraw  
Leaving his mark of bleeding hearts in his wake.

You are not of them;  
And yet, you have as much power.  
Would you have me deny it,  
Just because you choose to?

I am yours to command,  
Harpooned through the heart,  
Strung along through your seas,  
A weakened beast, weakened by your greater will.

I have thrashed.  
I have fought.  
I have cried and screamed.  
I have begged.  
I have relented.

I am yours to string up, as you like.  
Make of me your trophy, for your wall.  
Make of me your meal for months.  
Feed me back to the fishes,  
My blood spilling upon your ship.  
Make of me your greatest story;  
To tell in aged days  
Of the great beast you caught  
In fabled waters, in the days of your youth  
Who loved you so dearly  
Swam so innocently by your side;  
Sang painful, heartfelt melodies,  
Spoke all the secrets of these seas  
That pierced your ears and stung your heart  
That almost made you weep.

They say a mermaid’s tears are rare, indeed,  
Yet mine spill a million times  
Pearls like raindrops in the ocean’s deep.

Have you no heart  
That you try so hard to deny  
Your lust for this forbidden creature  
Your love for my innocence  
Your loneliness for my companionship  
Your longing for my heart  
My lingering on your lips?

Do you forget so easily  
As I do  
The dreams we make  
The worlds we transcend  
The patterns we break  
With every touch  
With every kiss  
With every word between you and me?

What care you for the future?  
What care I for the past?  
What else is there than you and I  
In the foreverness of now?

Kiss me again  
Love me again  
Touch me again  
Listen, again.

We are again  
And again  
And again

The foreverness of now.