October 23: The Ravished Mermaid

The first tear fell,
and then three more,
as she wept for
the loss of her innocence.
As the tears multiplied,
becoming a river,
a torrent,
the deflowered mermaid
was lifted by their might
out of the pit
she had been cast
by her pirate captor,
and borne back out to sea,
escaping his bondage
and seeking the comforting depths
of the vast abyss.