My Wife Became A Mermaid & Promptly Swam Away Poem by Bri Edwards

She was born on the east coast of Japan, bordered by an Ocean.
She'd eaten plenty of Seafood, some raw, ......which she called Sushi.
And she was an accomplished Swimmer & often Swam in a pool, BUT
......it never dawned on me how CLOSE she might have felt/been to the 'Sea'.

Her feet, for a petite female, were Large, and she often rose on her Toes.
She had skin ailments, not quite 'Scaly', and Itching, often on her legs.
She at times had short hair; other times her hair was Long and it did Flow.
Was being a mermaid in her future her fate? The question begs.

Whether it had always been her Fate or not, I'll never know.
But I KNOW, while on vacation, into the Sea she did go.
She dove off a long pier. I didn't know what to do! ! !
I began to undress, starting with my L and R shoe.

I scanned the water's surface, but I saw Her not.
I did call 911. My heart Raced. I Worried too.
From my mind, 'I'm losing her', I did blot.
Then I heard her voice call: 'Dear, adieu'.
I heard far-off sirens. My tears began to flow.
I heard her call again, from whence the wind did blow.
Then I saw her swimming form, a naked female above her waist.
'Below' she looked like a fish, her skin scale-covered, her feet, by tail, replaced.
I never saw her after that. Officials in boats searched the waters with NO luck.

Tears sometimes return to my eyes, but then I try to console myself: 'It WAS her fate'....
I tell myself! Each year I return to that 'long pier' half-wishing I will see her or hear her call.
But, in this year's October, I'll be 'The Golden Bachelor' [on TV] searching for a 'newfound love'.
Seven years after my 'first love' disappeared [never found], a judge ruled her 'legally-dead'.
That cleared my way to try to find & marry a woman, one who's also lost her spouse.

Wish me 'Good Luck! ', please.


(October 6th, 2023)

bri edwards

:)

p.s. Only some of this story, near its beginning, is TRUE.

p.p.s. The Golden Bachelor is a TV program/show I've been watching.
The 'Golden Bachelor', the man, not an actor as far as I know, is very close to MY age,75.