Eric fell asleep
on the boat again.
It always drifts,
but never this way.
He didn't know
there was land here.
On the shore
sits the girl.
His girl.
“I dreamed about
you,” he says,
and then rubs
the back of his
head sheepishly.
Such a stupid
thing to say.
But how can
she exist?
YOU ARE READING
Under the Sea
PoetryShe lives in the sea, harboring a crush on a human boy. He lives on land and dreams of a beautiful mermaid. It's a forbidden love, destined to end in tragedy. (A story in verse, based loosely off of The Little Mermaid)
