Tamar Knott (Year 1) - Sea Urchin

While waiting for a ship to wreck
Lantern in her hand
A young mermaid caught by a smuggler
Was dragged onto the land

Her tail gone, she cursed him
In the language of the sea
But he could not understand a word
“I was trying to save ye”

He took her too his family
They raised her as their own
Taught her how to use her legs
Gave her words to call land home

But just as birds are made for flying
She belonged beneath the water
She could never be quite like them
Even though they called her “daughter”

She placed her dress upon the sand
Let herself be claimed by waves
And that dear little sea urchin
Had never felt so brave