Subien

Subien

The waves crashed unheeded by Subien.
Solitary, he walked near the Ocean.
Swimming in the surf was the guide, Khidir,
Working to shore in his form as Dolphin.
Both of them thought of the girl, Cerridwen,
Now lost to sight as the cloud covered Moon.

The clouds parted like mountains and the Moon
Shown in a sky canyon above Subien.
He saw a stranger who said, "Cerridwen
"Is close, double locked within the Ocean
"And the mind and body of a Dolphin.
"I know this to be true, I am Khidir."

"How is it that you tell me this, Khidir?"
Mountainous shapes rejoined over the Moon.
"The villain forced her to be a Dolphin.
"You remember his evil well, Subien.
"To part you, he drowned her in the Ocean,
"Or so he thought.  One gift for Cerridwen

"I possessed.  In her peril, Cerridwen
Asked for life.  I gladly gave."  "Where, Khidir,
"Where is she now?!"  "There, in the dark Ocean."
High cloud chasms, stars, and glow of the Moon.
"She is there waiting for you, Subien,
"Under sea swells, an impatient Dolphin."

"Then I too must be a sleek finned Dolphin!"
"Will I have the gift you gave Cerridwen?"
"Close your eyes, turn away from me, Subien."
When he dared open them again, Khidir
Was gone, and in a clear sky the full Moon
Sheened a shimmering path on the Ocean.

Solitary, each night by the Ocean,
He walks and sometimes sees breaching Dolphins.
Always the months are measured by the Moon,
His thoughts with the 'membrance of Cerridwen.
Never yet has from the waves come Khidir
To fulfill the old hope of Subien.

Ocean, deep and wide, locked in Cerridwen,
Dolphin, changed forever by guide Khidir.
Moon above her saltwater, and her love, Subien.

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