Deep down in the cornflower waters,
There lived a sea king and his seven daughters.
Each girl had beauty to enthrall,
But the youngest was the most beautiful of all.
She had sea blue eyes and skin so pale,
But like all mermaids she had a fish's tail.
She often dreamed of the world above,
But then one day she fell in love.
It happened the day she turned fifteen,
When she was 'llowed passage to a world unseen.
How was she to know how deep her purpose,
When she came up above and her head broke the surface?
And there on the waves she spotted a ship,
Out on a royal birthday celebration trip.
A handsome young prince stood by the rail,
But then lightning flashed and set fire to the sail.
A violent storm was starting to brew,
As thunder crashed and chilled winds blew.
To the little mermaid it was all just a game,
But to the frightened sailors it meant not the same.
Over giant waves the ship was tossed,
And headed starboard towards some rocks.
The sharp jagged stones splintered the boat,
And pieces of wreckage began to float.
The mermaid princess was at first pleased,
Thinking the prince could now live under seas.
But then a distant memory gave her a scare,
The prince wouldn't survive without any air!
Thoroughly distressed she let out a cry,
If she didn't find him soon, the prince would die.
She hastily began to search for her love,
Dodging the wreckage that rained from above.
She spotted him hanging to a board, paces away,
She hastened towards him just as his grip gave way.
He sunk into the sea, but he would not die,
For the mermaid was determined to have him survive.
She pulled him out from his watery grave,
And hastened towards shore, to finish the save.
She lay him on the beach, "Oh, I hope he's not dead!"
She stared at his face and stroked his wet head.
His eyes were now closed in a symbol of death,
But then his lips moved, in an intake of breath.
"He's alive!" She exclaimed, overcome with pure joy.
Then she bent down and kissed the handsome brow of the boy.
She smiled at him and brushed back his hair,
She stroked his face with soft gentle care.
'I wish he would wake' she thought to herself,
'So happy I'd be, if he were in health.'
The prince then groaned and started to stir,
His eyes opened slowly and glanced quickly at her.
But then the bells of the convent up on the hill,
Began to ring, it's sound to instill.
Young schoolgirls began to head for the beach,
The little mermaid was frightened and jumped out of reach.
She hid behind gray rocks not far from the shore
And watched as the girls approached the man she adored.
The prettiest one reached him at first,
She shook him gently and then thought the worse.
The prince's eyes opened and a smile unfurled,
But it wasn't for the mermaid, it was for this girl.
He hadn't known that she had saved his life.
He only thought this girl his rescuer from strife.
The mermaid watched sadly as he was brought to a stand,
And looked after the pair as they crossed yellow sand.
Her eyes she kept on him till he disappeared from view,
And miserably she returned home for she knew,
His place was on land, and hers, the blue sea,
But that didn't change how she wished it could be.