Brother of the Sirens by Linda M. Crate

lost in the chaos of your eyes

i see the sirens luring

sailors to sleep,

but i cannot look away from the

carnage;

there's this morbid

curiosity,

where do the sailors go when

they stop dreaming?

i've sailed a thousand stories with you,

and they all end the same

in tragedy;

and i understand why there are sirens

dancing in your eyes

because you are their brother

luring all the land girls to their deaths

except me—

my song is a frequency you couldn't understand

i always wanted to be a mermaid

so they protect me

from men like you and all their wicked sisters.







Linda M. Crate is the author of the Magic Series and has many poems, short stories, reviews, and essays published both online and in print.