“The Fair-Haired Maiden”
Where the water meets the rocky shore
Of Orkney Bluff next to the ruins,
There lies rubble of Selkie lore
Where slept great Men, Faye, and Druins
Upon the shore in wait;
There, I’ve hid my skin of fate,
Under a distant rock
And it shall never talk.
My fair-haired maiden, come away with me!
To the watery depths of the succulent sea
With a Selkie, embraced arm-in-arm
Your seven salty tears will bless our union and keep you from any harm.
Where moonlight dances upon the waves
Our reflections gently glisten in glee,
And into the night my heart craves
The deep blue depths of the sea,
Eyes of deep seeded coals
Entwined bodies, entwined souls
Onward in joyous jubilee;
Bodies moving rhythmically
Descending the depths of the night,
While fleeing the humanly world in fright
My eyes are anxious to see.
My fair-haired maiden, come away with me!
To the watery depths of the succulent sea
With a Selkie, embraced arm-in-arm
Your seven salty tears will bless our union and keep you from any harm.
Where the words of men whisper
In an ancient Orcadian dialect,
The frightful lore doeth stir
Leaving men to suspect,
Those Selkie men shed their skins
And walk confidently upon the land
Luring both woman and maiden
To commit an unspeakable sin
Leaving a scar upon heart and hand
-Perpetuating the fear of men.
My fair-haired maiden, come away with me!
To the watery depths of the succulent sea
With a Selkie, embraced arm-in-arm
Your seven salty tears will bless our union and keep you from any harm.
Reborn into the depths of lore,
The fair-haired maiden comes:
Nevermore to stand upon a human floor
Upon her parent’s heart, it grievously strums
For, she is now lost to the deep blue sea
Never to rejoin her bloody kin
With the Selkie folk forever she’ll be
-Never again to live among men.
The fair-haired maiden, she comes with me!
To the watery depths of the succulent sea
With a Selkie, embraced arm-in-arm
Your seven salty tears will bless our union and keep you from any harm.
An altered version of ‘The Fair-Haired Maiden’ poem will be showcased in SMP contracted novel, Sarah De Luz – Child of the Night, which is due for release spring 2014: http://smpauthors.wordpress.com/meet-april-a-luna/child-of-the-night-by-april-luna/
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