The Sea

Stranded on an empty shore
Searching for nothing more

Wishing for gills and fins
To swim off some of the sins

Until I spot a slight disturbance
Troubled waters they churned

Stepping no more than toe deep
Seemed a mermaid greeting me

At first I stammered in a daze
A sight with no way to explain

She appeared to be flailing
Perhaps even in distress

After a moment of pondering
I see she may be drowning

My misplaced desire to swim
Becameher last lonely hope

But will I trade my life for hers
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