The Rusalka

Such beauty rising out those murky waters deep

reaching the bank edge where I wait in anticipation

to gaze upon your beauty it far out ways any senses of mere mortal design.

Yet what I shall never see is that below the water

for you are one of many

a creature so beautiful above water

but below you are lifeless bones

a skeleton structure that is a haunting reminder of darker war times.

But you are so beautiful, how could I so foolishly ignore that?

Surely these murky waters will not consume me

and yet, I'm so lost if your beauty that I've lost all senses to land

you have pulled me closure to the water and I so willingly follow

unaware of this waters magic as it sinks into my flesh

leaving nothing but a skeleton mask beneath the waters mirroring surface.