LOL VILLANELLE

[fulselden]

Written (DESPITE MYSELF) for the prompt  'say not soft things' at 31_days.
Series: The Little Mermaid (Disney; postcanon)
Characters: Ariel, the prince.
Rating/Warnings: G. Poetry!fic.

 

Say not soft things, my darling girl, to me

You left your shoes together with your crown,

You open up your mouth within the sea

 

And take salt water like a salary.

Show me your face, girl, that sharp smile or frown

Say not soft things, my darling girl, to me.

Take all my lands and castles as your fee

Take inland water, deep and soft and brown.

Don’t open up your mouth within the sea.

Take string bikinis and a golden key,

Take my assurance, girl, take up your gown,

Say not soft things, my darling girl, to me.

 

You walk a little slowly, girl, for me

But that I’ve never told you, set it down.

You open up your mouth and breathe the sea.

 

I’ll bring you canes all tipped in ivory

I’ll bring you red shoes and take you to town,

Say not soft things, my darling girl, to me.

You open up your mouth within the sea.

Comments

[terajk]

Like everything I've read of yours, I a) love this, and b) need to read it a hundred more times.

[fulselden]

Thank you so much! ... Wow, I'm kinda thrilled with the response to this piece - as well as with what you say about my other stuff, naturally. Especially as I followed you back to you Wordpress site yesterday and it got an instant bookmark in my list of enlightening and eloquent places to go on the internet - so I'm glad you've enjoyed what you've read here!