Poem #25: "No eulogy given"

Published on 2 November 2025 at 18:17

Inspired by time travel, ecological destruction, and unexpectedly chilly beach trips.

 

A tired poem in progress, which has been through turbulent and oddly fitting rounds of edits and near-abandonment. Still, though, it's hanging on to being alive, so I decided to leave it here for the world to see. It's been a busy few weeks. 

 

sent to the end of the world

Time recoils like a ripcurrent

Dragging lines from my salty fingers

 

Oceans so resilient but die so fast

Blush pink coral and vein green weed 

Quickly meet their saline funerals

 

No eulogy given. If there was one: just

Wave, current, sand, stone. I don’t even believe

Fish view death how we do

 

Like the river that flows singular

That drowned me 

without regard for its allure, my desire

 

Now it is so cold it wrings my thoughts pale

Fear and confusion start to meld

air with sand tang. 

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