Speechless mermaid wilts to bones
Time erodes naïvety
Breathless to discharge shackled moans
Abandoned as all patience and hope
We've razed the deepest depths
Catering to the shallowest needs
Meniscus serves as a mirror
Polluted skies reflect tarred sands
Ominous, burgeoning blood moon expands
Baring homes as wasteland
The sea has no voice to cry for halt
She only speaks in vengeance
Canopied in sparkling scales
Rank crests recede
Too little now, too late
Men retreat to no avail
Tarred and feathered, shores to sand
From whence we came to where we end