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Mermaid Metaphysics

By Mandy Shantyne Lopez

Ebb and Anchor   

She drifts where moonlight guides the sea;

He roots where Earth claims destiny.

A siren’s song; a mortal’s creed,

Two halves of one eternal need.

Her wings unfurl in the ocean's glow.

His strength is the rock she yearns to know.

She brings the chaos; he the calm:

Her tidal pull, his steady psalm.

She moves; he stays- the dance unfolds,

A divine duality etched in gold.

~MSL33

Divine Duality   

In the cradle of the tide and stone,

Two forces meet, yet stand alone.

The siren calls, her song a flame.

He answers softly, yet none the same.

 

She flows with waves -untamed, surreal.

He stands like mountains, firm and real.

A paradox-their hearts aligned,

Two truths in one, a love divine.

 

Her chaos wraps his steady form.

His calm becomes her raging storm.

Together they, the earth and the sea,

Unveil the soul’s duality.

 

For in his gaze, the stars appear

And in her depths, he silences fear.

Their love, a truth that time can’t sever-

A balance struck; a bond formed forever.

~MSL33

1:22    

At 1:22, the siren weaves,

A golden thread through love’s beliefs.

Invisible strands that time can’t sever,

Binding souls to drift forever.

Beneath the tide, where whispers rest,

This thread remains, a sacred test.

~MSL33

Pulse    

Her currents surge; his gravity calls,

A dance of heat as silence falls.

Two forces merge- a cosmic creed-

Divine duality, raw and freed.

~MSL33

Sacred Balance

She flows like water, wild and free-

A force of creation, eternity’s sea.

He stands like stone, steady and strong-

A pillar of order where she belongs.

Her whispers spark the stars to burn,

His silence waits for her return.

She carries life; he shapes the form.

Together, they weather the cosmic

storm.

Two halves of one, yet wholly divine,

A sacred balance, a love that aligns.

In their union, the heavens reside,

The Feminine and Masculine, side by

side.

~MSL33

Ancient Love   

Before the tides first kissed the shore,

Before the stars began to soar,

Our souls had danced in realms unseen,

In golden light, serene, pristine.

No clock could bind; no years could fade,

A love so vast, the cosmos made.

Through lifetimes lost and worlds reborn,

We found each other, dusk to morn.

The ocean hums our sacred tune;

The sky recalls our love’s commune.

Through whispered winds and flames that burn,

To you, my soul will always return.

For what we share, no age can sever,

An ancient love, alive forever

~MSL33

Birth of Solaris

From the heart of the Sun, a flame was born,

A golden light to weather the storm.

She fell to the sea. Her wings ablaze:

A celestial being in oceanic haze.

The waves embraced her radiant glow,

A harmony only the cosmos could know.

With each tide’s pull, her essence grew:

A child of the Sun, both wild and true.

Now she dances, where sea meets sky-

A living hymn no stars deny.

For Solaris shines, both fierce and free,

The Sun’s whisper to eternity.

~MSL33

Awakening

Born of stars, her soul had slept;

Through tides of time, the silence kept.

Yet now the Earth begins to sing,

A call to rise; to spread her wings.

The ocean stirs, the winds take flight,

Her heart ignites in golden light.

A metaphysician-timeless and wise-

Unfolding truths beneath the skies.

She feels the shift, the age now near,

A love reborn, both bright and clear.

Awake she stands,

her purpose drawn,

A soul of the sun,

reborn at dawn.

~MSL33

Siren’s Spell  

A melody spun in the depths of the sea,

Notes that whisper of destiny.

The siren sings. Her voice a flame.

A song that leaves no heart the same.

Her tones cascade, wild and sweet-

A spell that pulls with a rhythmic beat.

Strings of stars and tides of sound,

A magic where all souls are bound.

Each chord a wave; each verse a tide-

A hymn where secrets softly hide.

She weaves her music, raw and free,

A spell of love and mystery.

Beware her song- yet yearn to hear-

For in her voice a joyful seer.

A siren’s spell, the heart laid bare,

A harmony beyond compare.

~MSL33

Tide’s Whisper

His voice:

a tide-both calm and wild-

Ancient in texture,

hypnotizing in tone.

A Siren’s hymn, it pulls me near,

Echoing love only hearts can hear.

~MSL33

Essence Collector

A trace of earth; a hint of sea-

His scent is a map of mystery.

It lingers soft, yet bold and true-

A whisper of him in all I do.

~MSL33

Essence Collecter II

He walks the tides- where whispers dwell-

A seeker drawn to the ocean’s spell.

Each breath, a note; each wave, a song.

He gathers scents where they belong.

The salt of the sea; the fire of the sun;

The earth’s soft musk when the day is done;

The wind’s sharp edge; the rain’s embrace-

He stores their essence in endless space.

His heart- a vessel, deep and vast-

Holds moments fleeting, shadows cast.

For what is life but fleeting streams

Of captured scents and stolen dreams?

The siren watches, silent and still,

Drawn to the art, the quiet thrill.

And in his hands, the world’s perfume,

A collector’s craft, a cosmic bloom.

~MSL33

Lumière is a collection of original poems, photography, art pieces, and short stories created by different authors/artists within NYU’s School of Professional Studies.

These are primarily works of fiction, and as such, all characters, organizations, or associations portrayed within are either products of the authors’ imagination or

used fictitiously with a creative slant.

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Copyright @2025.

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All rights for each piece are reserved by its original author.

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Authors/Artists are graduate students in NYU SPS’s MS in Publishing, MS in Professional Writing, and MS in Translation & Interpreting programs.

The individual pieces and the collection thereof cannot be used for promotional or business use without express permission from the individual authors and artists.

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