Sailors Captured by Mermaids and Thus the Maidens Woeful Cries

Victorian 8

Many a legend of mermaids tell of sailors captured and a maidens woeful cries.  Lost at sea forever be.

"Sailors Captured by Mermaids and Thus the Maidens Woeful Cries"

I stood upon the shoreline
and heard a maidens decree
"I hope your departure is sorrowful
yet filled with victory"

Lovers are lost in battle
journeys of strapping young men
who haste not to ride the tides
never to be seen again.

Labyrinth on the water
waves that the wind winds round
Purple goddess watching
met by a dolphins sound.

Within the stormy seduction
of ships that set their sails
sailors beckon adventure
beyond a dragons gale.

Kaleidoscopes of the night
great birds rush down
Sheer Waters toast a victory
to seas glories unbound.

Whales that find Kauai shores
masters of the sea
Legends of mermaids come hither
in hopes to deliver he.

Goddesses with tails
a night at the museum
acting as statues on ships
till the wind frees them.

Puzzles of night
mystique that fairies tell
sailors captured by mermaids
no longer to set sail.

And oh the fair young maidens
who waved their last good byes
hold inside their hearts
a love that never dies.

And in that mystery
that causes men to prevail
for the oceans calling
past the moon beyond the pale.

Athena prevails for wisdom
warfare for a captains breed
the only hopeful note
for a sailor to be freed.

Adorned in gold sashes
Minerva makes her mark
wisdom to prevail
for a mans dying remark.

So set your sails all sailors
the wind might set you free
but the tide of life makes no promises
from a mermaid of the sea.

Last night I heard a mournful woe
bittersweet the song
a maiden forever in waiting
for a sailor she loved so.

Make toasts to the sailor then
who fought his battle and lost
to mermaids lying wait
Athena's advice thus crossed.

by Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
copyright 2009