Thursday, January 16, 2025

My Last Fond Wish-by Devi Nina Bingham

I so long to be a mermaid

true blue as sky and sea

for when I am cruelly betrayed

I'll be as cold as a fish can be.


And sailors will tell stories 

of when I sang my siren song

they lost their wits and jumped to be

fish food for my killing spree.


And artists will paint my portrait

murals grand on beach house walls

and in the night, I'll come to see

my likeness if I have to crawl.


So now you know my last fond wish

is to be a cunning and beautiful fish.