Lost Mermaid

Tol went for a paddle

In the deep blue sea

Saw a crab walking

Whilst drinking his pee

Watched mussels on lobsters

Filing their nails

Wrapped up in seaweed

Pretending they had tails

Dolphins teaching philosophy

The wonder of sea views

Monkfish dancing sedately

Against sand that’s on the move

When in between his toes

He caught a little shrimp

Who’d had a wicked night

That had left him with a limp

Tol stood around for ages

Waiting for the tide

When up jumped old Neptune

And took him by surprise

Looking for a mermaid

Who thought the world was green

Had left her Conchie home

To find a better scene

Neptune looked through craggy water

In ponds with birds eye view

Through sea life’s doggy tendrils

Round rocks of brilliant hue

Tears of pearls rolled quietly

Across his shaggy chin

For he loved her deeply

Now his life looked grim

Tol spied a tail a flashing

In nature’s dark black beard

A mermaid curled up neatly

Where she had disappeared

Neptune roared such a bellow

That went crashing to the shore

Delighted by the sighting

Pearls fell on natures poor

Mermaid woke with such a shudder

Brought a seahorse on the wing

Shells formed a ribbed back chariot

The fish choir sang a hymn

Down in the briny depth

Cutting through the sea

Neptune and his sweetheart

For love had set them free

Tol dragged his feet back slowly

A drifter along the shore

Tale of the unexpected

But who could ask for more