That Wretched Fish

Alone, Ariel swims unknowingly

With her blinded happiness, she swims so delicately

With Flounder by her side, she thinks she’s invincible

But what she does not see is the shadow lurking, waiting to bring demise

Slowly, she stops

Breathing a new found air that she does not comprehend

It’s different than the salty solution she calls home

She wanders in an unknown land not knowing what she’ll find, but then

Their eyes meet, sealing the fate the foolish fish tried to ignore

The temporary love that fluttered in her tail was treacherous

Her tail begins to sway instead of flutter and her song is not the same tune

Her whose-its and things-a-ma-bobs are not enough

They do not fill the void her lustful heart desires

That wretched fish

Her king tries to save her, but she does not want to be saved

She follows the beat of her prince charming’s drum

She sings blasphemous songs that make ears bleed

Her wish is granted but a toll is paid

Oh how tainted she is, that wretched fish

Her song is silenced and her tail is of no more

She loses the essence of herself in the name of Love

She pathetically tries to arouse a man that does not see her,

All he sees is her scarlet red hair and subdued demeanor

She’s no better than Ursula, that love-sick, wretched fish

She cries, tears of blood as she watches

Her prince charming has fallen for another

Her heart is shattered and she breaks her yearned-for bones

Her voice is returned to her but she no longer sings

She has lost her effervescent ditty

It has been replaced with the sorrowful chorus her heart now screeches

She realizes she is loved by no one, that beautiful, dense, wretched fish