The sisters or: the father's call or: as they searched in darkness

the sisters

or: the father's call

or: as they searched in darkness

our sisters

travelled down the seas

to darkness and to death

they dwindled down there.

down to death

they dwindled down there,

far away ...

in the oceans of time.



our sisters are gone

their shadows were long ago lost,

so long ago it is,

they used to play with sea anemones

before they travelled down the time ...



they 'd heard the stories

of our fathers

they 'd heard their secret call

their summons

to call them down,

to mermaids and to fish.



and they too, felt the longing in their hearts,

to follow our fathers.

to find them and to rescue them ...



the fathers had made their call,

and the sisters so had heard them,

had heard their call and listened ...

and so decided then to go.



our sisters travelled down the sea

to look for our fathers,

they travelled down in darkness then

to seek the fish they 'd heard of.

not counting on the weight of time ...



in darkness they arrived,

to mermaids and to fish,

but did not see the other ones,

for dark it really was ...



they looked for light,

they prayed for love,

to find those whom they seeked,

and wandered on be lighter fields

with anemones and weeds ...



they played

with anemones and fish,

not thinking of their fathers,

they played with sunshine and with weeds

not listening to the warning

that once was set by our fathers.



they played and lost their souls

and did not find the fathers

so they just wandered off astray

betrayed by heart and soul,

to island dessert like ...



they lived - and did not live,

betrayed by heart and soul

and so,

in total desperation,

they flung themselves to death,

down from a cliff

on dessert island,

as though they did not want to live,

they flung themselves to water-death

by drowning in the sea;

so they were happy, "now we 're dead"

- and wandered off as fish,

to try and seek their fathers ...



but though they travelled down the sea,

they did not think of time.

the time they 'd travelled down the sea,

the oceans of the time.



so when they travelled down the sea,

they travelled down the time,

till all of it was spend,

and nothing now was left,

till all their lives were utterly

consumed by time itself.

and there was nothing left to do,

but still to smile and die;

and so they died and wandered off

as fish to merfolk 's ground,

to seek and find their fathers ...


but alas

time had worked sufficient ...


they did not find their fathers

- for long ago the 'd died

with merfolk still as fish,

they were not found

they were not saved

their call was unheard still,

the sister 's work was still not done ...



so alas,

those died down at sea

for nothing on purpose.



they could not find the fathers now,

they could not help them anymore,

just wandered on alone,

betrayed by heart and soul;

until the death released them still

not knowing whom they seeked,

for they had died purposefully

for nobody 's profit ...



so de not follow any call,

so do not travel down the time.

for nothing good will come;

you 'll only die for nobody

or end your life as fish;

so do not seek the sea of time

for it can be just cruel ...



for alas!

the sisters died purposefully

for nobody's profit,

(and neither for their own)....

13.feb 2006
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