Mermaid Banshee

Mermaid Banshee
                                               by: Jonathan Marsolais
Such a corrupt, lilting melody
Escapes someone's lips
From across the ocean
Trackit down, for I wish to know
Where such beauty lies

I do not know
What to do once I find it
For I know not what it is

The voice emanates
Such damaging ability
Reopneing old wounds
On my scarred skin
Where the corruption exists

I do not know
What to do when I meet it
For I know not how it ac

A sonata unheard of
By any man I have ever met
A beauty so great it corrupts
The lilting music from that creature
We see in the distance

I do not know
What to do when the moment comes
For I know not how it is

Haunted melody
I finally see you
Far away in the distance
The sight should be horrifying
Yet I tilt my head in wonder

I never knew
This was the sight I would see
For I knew not your face

You are a mermaid banshee
With your sloughed-off, papery skin
And hauntingly sunken eyes
I am enchanted, corrupt
By your beauty

I never knew
It would be like this
I had been warned, but ignored it

Trapped by your haunting voice
My body grows old
I feel every pain and spasm
As you rejuvenate
So that you can tempt another target

Corruption runs deep in everyone
But many ignore it
And run into the mermaid banshee
To age before her very eyes
Adjusting to your corruption