Abandoning Life

Rippling tide tickled in

Foam 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 his nose

pale lifeless eyes

resigned to fate

abandoning life

fearing its pursuit

too titanic to swim

through his misery

tide flowed out

taking the flotsam

the dregs of his life

leaving no traces.

I wondered with pain

if he had drowned

but my pith

sank with certainty

suicide with the tide.