The Mermaid

From the darkest depths of the ocean

She rises after a long sleep on the ocean bed

Beneath the sands nothing survives so deep

Therefore she is safe

She begins to ascend

Rising higher and higher to the surface

The last of her kind

Her beauty shines

She shimmers in colours

Lilac Pink Purple and Turquoise

Her tail gliding through salty water

Into the light of the mid-day sun

Her tresses long 

White as the midnight moon

She is beautiful

She is free

But

The last of her kind

She is alone