Now I lay her
down to sleep
Darling in death
Passions that weep

Covered in droplets
Blankets so cold
Far from the story
of dreams I still hold

Lined on the shore
shells left behind
abandoned for oceans
like these arms of mine

Why did you drink
the sea's bitter swill?
Why did you swim
until your lungs
took their fill?

(April 11th, 2018)