Mermaid, Looking For Her Father's Eyes Poem by Patti Masterman

Mermaid, looking for her father's eyes
Looks in the river, ocean, sky-
But the river god, he only sleeps;
And the little silver fishes, keeps
Close beside him, all the night,
Till dispersed at mornings light.

Mermaid, looking for her father's eyes
Thinks the ocean knows where- or why
Her father's missing- beneath the waves?
Or in some sunken castles, gave
His bones, to sanctify a water-world,
Where the colored fish-schools whirl.

Mermaid, looking for her father's eyes
Looks above, then heaves a sigh;
For nowhere has she found one sign,
Although her birth was in the brine-
Though Moon's the one always overhead,
Shining his face, above her bed.