Crusoe and the Mermaid

Eleven months of tossing waves have left
Me shipwrecked, standing here. Eleven
Months of “they can't see you,” “I won't
Tell you what I want. I'll only say that
You should stay,” and now it's she who
Hasn't stayed, and I am on this empty beach.
I write her name once in the sand, and
Tell myself she said that she'd be back.
Then she might rescue me, but I suspect
That, if she comes, I won't be saved.
Instead, she'll send me out again
To flounder in the sea.



Poetry by Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2015-10-21 at 00:10

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