Shell Shock Venus, aborted at sea

Her youthful uniform torn open and free

Floating where the whirlpools swirl

Men came diving for her pearl

They'd scour her surfaces

She'd dredge up their deep

In a chaotic universe, shallow and sweet

And as the merman hurled

Woman went careening from the girl

And no line of questioning

Could penetrate her nerve

But something was tapping her reserve

Ashes of innocence, splinters of dreams

Her anger in residence, ripping the seams

And petrifying fast

She anchored to that mast

Through waves of ecstasy

They'd compromise

But something was vacant in her eyes

Reptiles in water, a goddess in heat

We dreamt of a daughter, Venus and me

Floating where the whirlpools swirl

Men came diving for her pearl