beyond (6)

But there was something really wrong with the human world 

For the first time the Mermaid was aware of her own nakedness. 

beyond (5)

The Mermaid's voice withered away and 

she found herself grapsing for breath in the fathomless

beyond (4)

"Please make me become human. I have fallen for 

one and until we reunite, my heart is tormented."

The price for a pair of human legs is her eloquence. 

A voice lost is a personality gone.

But her heart was then blindfolded, 

so she drank the potion at once. 

beyond (3)

What is there beyond my vision? The Mermaid sought 

and sought through layers and layers of waterline 

but saw nothing, and her heart was tormented. 

beyond (2)

After the storm, the ship never returned, causing the Mermaid even greater distress. 

She no longer found interest in joining her sisters' relentless carol,

 how demeaning and senseless they all seemed to her. 

beyond (1)

The Mermaid was a curious child, always yearning for the world above 

and dreaming of the days she could take on her own ventures