When ever I go to the beach
abutting my house
I can see but  waves and water
for miles but no fish
(how could I see fish
hidden under water)
My eyes search the sea
for hours in full moon
but eclipse after eclipse
(as that’s the time when mermaids
come out of sea, they say)
 my heart’s wish hasn’t been fulfilled
Never could I see a half woman
Or, even a half man alive
and telling me
how he lived
with her mermaid sweet heart
 with a  blind  and broken
half-done heart.