Floating likeWe’re not even there
Salty scales
And seaweed hair.
Tell me you’ll always
Be swimming there.
Once upon a tidal tale.
Open flow
Where wonders go.
Tell me something
I should know.
Like love doesn’t care
Where we go.
Once upon a tidal tale.
Tell me this love is from another world.
Tell me I’m your only mermaid girl.
Tell me that’s the way the whirlpool whirls.
Once upon a tidal tale.
Broken fins
Broken kiss.
Tell me what else
Did I miss?
All I’ll ever want is this.
Once upon a tidal tale.
Tidal tales.
Songful scales.
Tell me when
The music fails.
Love’s demise is why the siren wails.
Once upon a tidal tale.
Monika Weatherly 