How She Found Her Voice

This is a poem that I wrote pertaining to the essay below.  It compares Disney's The Little Mermaid to Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Seamaid.

A fairy tale is one,

Which teaches our life,

The values and morals,

And that good is what’s right.

 

It teaches that dragons,

And fears can be won.

That dreams can come true,

When the journey is done.

 

There once was a mermaid,

With a voice she must find.

One through a man,

And one being kind.

 

In search for a soul,

In search for a mate,

Both of these mermaids,

Were the sea witches bait.

 

They gave up a voice,

In the quest for a life.

A life they have longed for,

A life as a wife.

 

One of them got it,

The dream they so pleased,

The other gave up,

And fell to her knees.

 

As she started to die,

She was saved by her soul,

With her good, selfless deeds,

She accomplish her goal.

 

She rose to the sky,

As a daughter of the air,

Her soul will be granted,

Through the goodness she shares.

 

The lessons taught now,

Are flawed and obscure,

False hopes and bad message,

Makes it all feel unsure.

 

 

The pureness of message,

And the fate that’s at hand,

Of the children they teach,

May not go as they planned.

 

Sacrifice, love,

And her goodness of heart,

Is what saved this young princess,

From falling apart.

 

The other had won,

In a happier sense,

Though much sacrifice,

She did not dispense.

 

One found her dream,

And the other did too,

One just found out,

In a way that was new.

 

Though one of these lessons,

Is not quite as deep,

Both of them helpful,

And both we shall keep.

 

People escape,

From the world dark and sad,

To a place that is warm,

And not quite as bad.

 

It gives them a hope,

A belief and a love,

To know that happiness,

Can always be won.

 

That good always wins,

That love can cure all,

That the fears they once had,

Are only so small.

 

That happiness comes,

Here and thereafter,

In ways can’t expect,

Our happily ever after.