A quick plug for this exhibition, currently taking place in my hometown of Cardigan. Aberteifi, imaginative and innovative, well worth a visit, full of inspiring stuff, that celebrates the mythical allure of mermaids and the sea. It is worth noting that every water-based culture has their own mermaid stories, tales of Merfolk that are both magical, beautiful , mysterious and terryfying, the following is my own poetical response to the mermaids call.
A lament for the Mermaids
Out of our depths
The mermaid swims
Releasing salty tears
Tries to embrace
Our struggles and pain
Visions of beauty
Whose siren calls
Tries to awaken us
Carry us to imaginations depths
On currents strong
Beyond the world's confinement.
Among the sea beds they dance
Guided by constellations
The swells of tangled threads
Want to hold us gently close
But are too afraid of being caught
By natures tempests and fishing nets
Cruel hooks and traps
Wishing to remain immortal and free
Elusive creatures of the sea.
Long may Neptune offer protection
sustain these senses of wonder
voyaging among the oceans pathways
dazzling spectacles releasing undulating light
beyond shores of exploitation
singing among fathoms deep
resting upon pillows of pearls
serenaded by underwater acoustics
on sea foams of infinity
the deep abyss of sanctuary.
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