Afloat

The tissue held her tears,
memories turned liquid.
Once held in blue veined hands
it floated in the sea,
fragile, curling inward.

Shoulders drooped, eyes cast down
she swayed mimetically
with the ebb and flow.
Watched translucent shifting shapes
in currents beyond control.

Energy spent, time disappeared
as air turned from warm to cold.
Darkness overcame her grief
and she stared, eyes mesmerized,
into a rippled dark abyss.