A Mermaid's Tears (part 1)

Inspired by The Little Mermaid, although it is twisted to the darker side...

Clouds rumbled with anger
Waves slapped the shore
A ship on fire in the distance
Reminisced a legend of a lore

With luminescent green eyes
A mermaid princess saw
A body hanging dearly for life
Against the ship with hands so raw

He dropped down into the sea
Water swirling in his mind
Then a pair of strong arms grabbed him
In a haven he couldn't find

The poor mermaid princess
Fell in love with that man
But it was forbidden, you will see
He would never give her his hand

The man woke in a fit
Groaning with stabbing pain
The mermaid flipped back into the sea
And watched his face constrain

Slowly he staggered
To a castle by the sea
For the man was a special someone
A prince of that kingdom was he

Many moons had passed
The mermaid princess thought
About becoming two-legged like him
Cause he was a love she sought

Escaping from her furious father
The mermaid swam away
Looking for the beautiful chance
To walk like a human someday

She ended up at a witch's house
Notorious of all seven seas
This witch could make any potion
To poison and kill her enemies

The mermaid explained her dilemma
With lost hope in her heart
She told the witch
"If I can't see him, I'll be torn apart"

So the witch gave her a potion
With a sinfully evil grin
She told the mermaid to drink
If she desires to lose her fins

The mermaid swam up happily
Toward the surface to drink
The concoction of deceit and evil
To give herself the missing link

On shore she drank the potion
Her fins exploded with pain
Then a miracle happened
Long legs appeared, while the fins began to wane...

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