Abandoned Life
Rippling tide tickled in
Foaming cream embellished
frothing the creature
embraced within
curiosity piloted me
toward sodden shape
kissed by eddies
bathed by ocean tears
dusted with cinnamon sand
bedecked by sea creatures
flecks of sea worn shells
I extended my hand
to brush off the grains
recoiled in horror
threw caution to wind
excised the seaweed
sheltering her nose
pale lifeless eyes
resigned to fate
abandoning life
fearing its pursuit
too titanic to swim
through her misery
tide flowed out
taking the flotsam
the dregs of her life
leaving no traces.
I wondered with pain
if she had drowned
but my pith
sank with certainty
suicide with the tide.