Challenge 25: Seal's Lullaby

[minoanmiss]

Title: Seal's Lullaby
Artist: minoanmiss
Rating: PG, maybe, for nudity?
Fandom: Original/Poetry
Characters/Pairings: Seal mermaids, mother and child
Content Notes: My usual sketch-and-digital; also, poetry.





For this poem:

Seal Lullaby

Oh! hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us
And black are the waters that sparkled so green.
The moon, O'er the combers, looks downward to find us
At rest in the hollows that rustle between.
Where billow meets billow, there soft by the pillow.
Oh, weary wee flipperling, curl at thy ease!
The storm shall not wake thee, no shark shall overtake thee
Asleep in the storm of slow-swinging seas.

— Rudyard Kipling


I know, I know, but my friend posted this poem and I could not resist.

Comments

[annonynous.livejournal.com]

Seals, not Selkies, I gather. Nice, and you're in good company (Leslie Fish) when drawing (ahem) on Kipling for inspiration.

Ann O.

[minoanmiss]

Yeah, I did listen to some of my Fish Kipling collection while coloring this.