"Bah Ha-lee" is what he said to me
"Leaving to the sea, trudging away from life'
Why do you say such things, my gorgeous wife?"
I tell him everyday "I am not happy, not here,
but far away, where the waves mercilessly beat the sand
and plants the flourish across the land,
By the bay, where I want to stay."
But of course he doesn't listen,
You see he did pay attention to me
But that was before I discovered the sea
So I am unhappy if you can't tell
It's so unfair I could scream and yell
But I wouldn't, because then
He still wouldn't listen
So I wait 'till I can rejoin my family
In the sea, I know it seems silly
I haven't told my husband
That I have a calling for the sea
It's the only thing he doesn't know about me
I have a desire inside to swim with fish
A burning dream a bashful wish
To go and play in water at bay
Soaking and singing relaxing and sinking
So here I go to try and be free
but again this is what he says to me
"Ba-ha-lee!! Leaving for the sea?!?!
Trudging away from life,
Why do you say such things my gorgeous wife?"
I just can't get through to him
By now it's true my chances are slim
So I have to go now
Or else I cannot sing nor swim
Or play in the water at bay
It will not ever happen because all I hear him say
Is "Ba-ha-lee!! Leaving for the sea trudging away from life
Why do you say such things my gorgeous wife?"
But now I say
"I'm leaving today
I know you think I'm crazy, and seem a little vain
But the one thing I haven't told you is that I'm a mermaid."
I can tell he is shocked and unaware
It's nothing like he does not care
He is not ready to hear such news
But I now I can live life in the deep, deep blues
"Leaving to the sea, trudging away from life'
Why do you say such things, my gorgeous wife?"
I tell him everyday "I am not happy, not here,
but far away, where the waves mercilessly beat the sand
and plants the flourish across the land,
By the bay, where I want to stay."
But of course he doesn't listen,
You see he did pay attention to me
But that was before I discovered the sea
So I am unhappy if you can't tell
It's so unfair I could scream and yell
But I wouldn't, because then
He still wouldn't listen
So I wait 'till I can rejoin my family
In the sea, I know it seems silly
I haven't told my husband
That I have a calling for the sea
It's the only thing he doesn't know about me
I have a desire inside to swim with fish
A burning dream a bashful wish
To go and play in water at bay
Soaking and singing relaxing and sinking
So here I go to try and be free
but again this is what he says to me
"Ba-ha-lee!! Leaving for the sea?!?!
Trudging away from life,
Why do you say such things my gorgeous wife?"
I just can't get through to him
By now it's true my chances are slim
So I have to go now
Or else I cannot sing nor swim
Or play in the water at bay
It will not ever happen because all I hear him say
Is "Ba-ha-lee!! Leaving for the sea trudging away from life
Why do you say such things my gorgeous wife?"
But now I say
"I'm leaving today
I know you think I'm crazy, and seem a little vain
But the one thing I haven't told you is that I'm a mermaid."
I can tell he is shocked and unaware
It's nothing like he does not care
He is not ready to hear such news
But I now I can live life in the deep, deep blues
Recently I've discovered I have a love for writing fantasy poems. Things that could never happen in real life, but also things that are a bit playful, childlike even. I love to have my readers feel like they're being talked to, as if told the story. It is placed in England, in a town not far from the Atlantic bay around about 1885 or so give or take a century maybe, I'm still working on the terminology and wordage because I'm not used to writing in old-English so please forgive me. I really hope you guys like it!!
