SONG OF THE MERMAID QUEEN

As I went down to the coast of Iona and as I looked out upon the turquoise sea,

there on the rocks shining in the clear light was the shimmering form of the mermaid queen.

Her tail was aglow with a thousand rainbows and her silver hair with shells and jewels adorned.

She looked at me with eyes of emeralds and said I am the spirit of the ocean.

I am the mother of mystery.

And you as all humans are born of my children for as you know all life comes from the sea.

Remember my child that the sea is within you and within you the knowledge of all that life can be.

For I am at the heart of your divine destiny.

Oh, great goddess of the ocean, Grandmother of the sea.

You who are the keeper of the ancient mysteries.

I honor you and the wisdom you carry.

I honor the part of you that is in me.

And with that she smiled and vanished beneath the waves.

Through her form was gone the light.

I'll think of Iona,

remembering the words of the mermaid queen.

We are all one.

 ~Lisa Thiel from "Rising of the Pheonix"