Chapter 1.
MERMAID

The living mirror of the sea surface
reflected golden rays.
The morning was early, the gentle surf
was waking up from the Crimean night.

On the shore, the artist sat
watching the magical landscape,
he wanted to remember all the details
and create an excellent collage.

A new image was born in my mind,
creating a fractal plot:
a dream vision, as if in a dream,
painted a portrait of nature

There was a pre-morning breeze,
the tart smell of salt water.
Morning is a time of metamorphosis,
everything changes in the light of a star.

The horizon was coming to life before our eyes –
a flock of seagulls was looking for a catch,
and dolphins were racing in pairs
along the shores for mullet.

Suddenly on the surface of the frozen water
a whirlpool appeared:
“Can a fish
raise an underwater stream from the depths?“

But suddenly
her head appeared on the surface of the sea!
And the artist thought: “My God,
is it really a mermaid? Well, yes!..“

And, shaking in the water, the head
instantly appeared as a shock of hair:
the virgin‘s body was bared first,
and then a fish tail flashed by.

*
Not believing what he saw just now,
the artist crossed himself.
But from the sea – in reality! The voice
flowed very gently, alluringly.

The maiden‘s eyes were like emeralds,
beckoning with an unearthly mystery…
And there’s a lovely fragrance all around!
The virgin‘s charms broke my consciousness.