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Just another Pete
Member

since 2007-12-06

Posts 74
Scotland

0 posted 2007-12-28 06:47 PM

Silkie

Seals called,

“Who?”
      “Who?”

but with no voice she could not answer
and so just watched as evening formed.
Watched from the lee of an upturned boat
orphan stars reveal themselves,
creep across the sky.

So wide it is,
high and full of stars,
in it’s midst a moon within a halo,
silent as a saint that lays a finger on the sea.
A silver path that aims itself at her,
beckoning
just one more step,
another…
and still the seals called,

“Who?”
      “Who?”

In the moon’s wake, answering
her names' unspoken prayer,
they broke the surface,
their doleful eyes,
full of sorrow like a dogs’
met hers
and seemed to say,

“Old woman,
       young at heart.”

The sea lifted then and she was light,
free to swim as a mermaid should,
down shafts of moonlight
until their luminosity slipped away,
quenched three hundred feet below the surface,
so that only the deep,
blue-black sea
remained.

28.12.2007

TomMark
Member Elite

since 2007-07-27

Posts 2133
LA,CA

1 posted 2007-12-28 06:56 PM

wow, this is beautiful..not a common beauty.
thoroughly enjoyed.

aziza
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since 2006-07-09

Posts 2995
Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy!

2 posted 2007-12-28 09:47 PM

I think this is a wonderful and original fairy tale. You captivated me and I copied it to my library. Most good, Pete. Thank you for sharing.

Alison

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

3 posted 2007-12-28 09:49 PM

In the moon’s wake, answering
her names' unspoken prayer,
they broke the surface,
their doleful eyes,
full of sorrow like a dogs’
met hers
and seemed to say,

“Old woman,
young at heart.”

The sea lifted then and she was light,
free to swim as a mermaid should,
down shafts of moonlight

Hauntingly beautiful, Pete!

Enjoyed this greatly, perfectly met challenge.

Love,
Margherita

Artic Wind
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 8080
Realm of Supernatural

4 posted 2007-12-30 05:01 PM

I think you did my challenge!!!

Good Job!

ARCTIC WIND

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

5 posted 2007-12-30 05:16 PM

Enchanting and different. Enjoyed very much.
Ida

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

6 posted 2007-12-30 05:32 PM

stunninly vivid and full of marvelous imagry...beautiful write!!!!!

Irish
Member

since 2006-05-02

Posts 50
Ft Benning

7 posted 2007-12-30 05:38 PM

My name in gaelic is Mauraid

One of the most famous silkies

You brought back memories of my da telling me stories about them

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