Darling, It's Better!

Ariel lived in the sea,

A beautiful mermaid was she,

Swimming twenty-four seven

You’d think it was heaven,

But Ariel didn’t agree.

You see, the mermaid wanted feet

So on land she could walk, run, and leap

She didn’t have legs-

But a fishtail instead!-

Walking had swimming far beat.

One evening, while swimming above,

She spotted a large party boat,

Ariel found a man

Who was ten out of ten!

And quickly fell deeply in love.

Soon a storm rolled in through the clouds

The thunder was terribly loud

Lighting hit the boat-

It no longer could float-

The men all tried not to drown

Ariel watched as the man she adored

Began sinking beneath waves that roared

So she swam to the man,

And brought him to land!

Where she stayed with him, there, on the shore.

The young man awoke in the sunlight

To the girl who had saved him last night

She was singing to him

As his eyes opened

He saw beauty and grace and might.

The mermaid saw his eyes flutter open,

And knew a tail would probably upset him.

So she got to the sea

Swam away-fast as could be!

And the man couldn’t find her again.

Ariel returned, deep to the sea,

Where her father was furious-more than angry,

They had a huge fight,

Ariel turned to flight,

Her father knew not where she could be.

She hid in a cave underwater.

Her father so desperately sought her,

With the help of a crab

(Who was sort of a drag)

He found her and angrily caught her.

But Ariel snuck out again

With the help of her little fish friend

They travelled all day

To a much darker cave

Where an octopus planned out their end.

The octopus--witch of the sea

Was where Ariel wanted to be

She wanted some feet

And the octopus could meet

Her demands for a very small fee.

Ursula the witch learned the story

Of Ariel’s prince charming of glory

She concocted a plan

To get Ariel on land

By stealing her voice in a hurry

She offered her plan to the girl:

“Just your voice, then watch in a whirl--

Your tail will be gone

And your legs be put on!”

Ariel’s excitement unfurled.

Then Ursula said, “There’s a catch..

The price is a skill unmatched

You must give me your voice--

You won’t make a noise!”

And Ariel’s fear quickly hatched.

As the sea witch continued to talk

Ariel thought of her desire: to walk!

And to be with the man

She had left on the sand

And Ariel began to gawk

She thought for a moment or two,

Then opened her mouth, and said, “You!-

You really are sick--

You know what I pick?

To remain down here in the blue.”

And like that, the mermaid swam away.

To spend life in the ocean every day

Because “Darling, it’s better

Down where it’s wetter”

As the fish say.