Asleep,
The mermaid gazed at him,
With tears she cannot shed.
Creatures of the sea,
Cannot cry, cannot part with grief.
All she could do,
Is touch his closed eyes,
Kiss those warm lips,
And whisper her goodbye.
Farewell -
Thought you were different.
And plunged the knife.
* I have always loved Hans Christian Andersen's stories, especially The Little Mermaid (the original version, though I also like the sugar-coated Disney one). Now I wonder how the story would turn out if our heroine discovered that the prince was not really that nice a person.
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