And life goes on

cartoon image by Zdenek Sasek on Canva Pro

dearly Be-Loved

you’re gone—so soon

but I’ve already

cried

for you

when you looked at me,

slipped, then, fell

dropped down,

abruptly

into some deep & watery

abyss,

died

drowning—I witness|ed

it, in my dreams

last night:

you were peaceful

& so must I be

as I bid you this instant

farewell