Dancing in the dark, feeling with your arms,
All the sacrifices – family, voice, legs –
For savouring this sweet moment.

I am your true saviour;
let us celebrate our encounter.
Not turning back on me, casting me aside quickly –
our relationship, shallow as foam.
I love your charming surface, not knowing your heart.
Such a cruel fool.
Moon to Earth, Single, orbiting loyally,
But you are not my Earth.

If I am not so greedy, eager for love beyond home,
If I hadn’t saved the prince, leaving myself vulnerable,
If I don’t deal with the inciting witch, I won’t be punished by karma,
It is all my fault.
All my attention is locked to you.
I am a sinful, spoilt, wayward little mermaid,
abandon my sisters, father and grandmother,
Trust your alluring face with a lethal smile.
I shall pay for my sin. Not praying for mercy –

One last roaming among stars.
If stars present, can evening be far behind?
Superficial love inflicts the deepest trauma.
Life is so expensive with no room for failure.
Perishing in the blade of morning sunlight,
No path to return, only mourning lasts,
At last, at rest.

In dreams, daughter of the air satisfied with my choice,
Offering me a chance to be an immortal soul.
How fortunate I am, they are unable to probe my mind.
Of all the mistakes I’ve made,
Am I worthy?*