Ode to a merman knight

Deep in the ocean
of the drowning thawed emotions
rest a painless agony
of the merman that cursed his own fate.

Deeper yet his love
that held the rocks above the waters
but yet never pressed
the sweet soft piano of his song delight.

Desire is a quest forever
for the hardened scales and frozen heart,
but deep is not always
for earth could fall to rest from above.

Never yet the melody
sweet in the darkened completeness of sleep.
but here, one innocent soul
though broken crystal, waiting to rise in one.

Turning every stone
to find the lost cup of hope
until the quest is over and bow down
to her feet his knighthood to manhood.