The Mysterious Mermaid by Paul B. Peddie

And there I came, to a beach so pristine, beautiful sands, marvelous yet mysterious seas, I was without sandals so I could feel at home, for I dreamt you saying, your home is my own. The golden sands caressed my feet, it told me to sit, lest I became weak. I sat and filled my eyes, with the beauty of a place I once fantasized, waiting to see you, waiting to give purpose to my eyes...
Silky long hair glistening with the golden gleam of the sun, big bright beautiful eyes, aquamarine, and filled with love. A smile so bright it warms the coldest of hearts, a touch so soft it brings back memories not yet made, of a time we once kissed, but a time that has not yet came...
My eyes felt complete, they visually caressed you, from the crown of your head, (so fitting since I viewed you as a queen), to where your body came complete, (even more fitting since I've never beheld such a graceful being). The mystery of your depth engulfed my entirety, I then yearned to know more, to be one with your being...
I stepped out a little too deep... I slipped... I fell... In love with your being... It all seemed so perfect, it all felt so unreal, I became mute, unsure of how to express all these emotions i feel. As your eyes pierced through my soul, I felt naked, like love when its true, I felt whole, my heart said it now belongs to you...
There came the conflicts of interest, for your heart dwelled elsewhere, I could see it in your eyes, you know our love would be tragic, so you just smiled, but that only engulfed me deeper, into a world I now created in my mind, a world where you breathed perfectly, and I didn't drown from inside. I smiled back, not only on my face, but also my heart this time, I wanted to be with you, like the corals I wanted to protect your world, a world I wish I could make mine.
I had to watch you swim away in the sunset, so gracefully, as a tear fell from my eye, it hurt so much to watch you leave, but I knew you'd be back in time, but that hurt me just a bit more, theres no surity it will be as I longed for, but I'd rather see you now and then, a mysterious friend, than to risk one of us's end. Though I know a day might come, when I walk straight into those mysterious seas, just to feel how true happiness feels, even if it kills me, I'd die happily, I'd die a death worthy of me.
My hope in love, the reason I grip on still, swim back to me mermaid friend, I'll meet you as far as I can swim, then we'll decide, if its within your pristine world, we'll forever reside, or you'll be the cure to mine, and no longer will the depths of my soul I'll be forced to hide...
Mar. 12, 2015
By Paul B. Peddie