Carcass of Desires

Decaying vessel's skeleton lying listless on the beach
fisherman from village treating it as headstone
refusing to touch it out of memories over their missing comrade.

Forced hush of confusion comes over their sorrow stained lips
each time they think of his bizarre story
claiming to have found a mermaid when storm left his ship adrift.

His eyes burned with convictions and lips spoke of passion
when talking of how she cast a spell on him with her sea shell voice
before magically taking him to incredible ecstasy that brought tears.

Villagers treated his ramblings as delirium and tried to restrain him,
but he broke away and sailed alone, his empty vessel found later on the sand
sometimes on the boat there lingers a haunting sound of sea shells.