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As I look at the river the colours change

Fading from bright dark to bloodred green

A stream of blood passes while our pride expires

Proudly sculpturing a headless culture

An old legend that is borne by the fairy tale land

A literary masterpiece abused by the human hand

Her beauty spoiled by the blade so gory

A decapitated mermaid in all its glory

A fabulous monster searching for harmony

Left without a voice to defend herself

Though her soulless essence surpasses her remains

Even the smallest diamond shines

As the killers slowly mutilate her verdigris skin

Voiceless, headless and left to die

Towards the roaring vortex through lifeless grey mud

Pacing at the thunderous eddy dragging the surroundings down

Drowned for eternity and left as foam above

White skeletons peek through the viscous creatures

That patiently stifl e their prey

A guinea pig for a distorted new art form

As a mermaid killer crosses her path

Everything ventured for her soul's immortality

Everything lost to the two-edged sword