Before the night was frightened,

where the shine of a star meets the gaze of your eyes,

innocence is ever-closer.

My life pauses when you blink, as waves roll on.

A trumpet wails out a cry of hunger

drowning out the siren songs.

I fall from the clouds:

a helpless hurricane-vortex,

into a thunderous, freezing splash.

Absolved by her salt,

I drift under her surface.

Sky above blackens.

She disappears into black,

I keep sinking.

Fishes nibble and bigger fishes gnash,

a shark can’t believe his luck,

but they fade away

and lose interest

as I sink deeper,

breathlessly,

peacefully,

losing sight

of the last

little slithers

of blue.