*This is a first person fantasy involving my take on some particularly raunchy merfolk. I tried to write it with a strong focus on sensations, and I think it helps if you listen to some ambient water sounds, or perhaps look up some sort of siren song, while you read.*
*Enjoy! :)*
# 9PM
The salt permeates my senses as I drift around aimlessly in my boat. I finished my fishing for the day hours ago, but the sea called back to me, so I went back out for a float. It’s a warm night, a new moon, and my town, nothing but distant lights on the dark shore, is quiet.
So here I sit, breathing in the summer air from the comfort of my craft, in the dark, like an astronaut alone among the void. Everything is quiet except the gentle licks of water on the side of the boat, and the cool breeze passing by me, teasing the hairs on my neck. I listen meditatively to the wind as it hoos and hums. Sometimes, on these lonely nights, it’s as if I hear a song. I come out here and try to pick out the notes, but I can never quite key in to the melody.