Versus

They were out at sea,

Surrounded by poets of all kinds,

When suddenly,

He fell over board and began to drift away,

farther and father from the haven they've created

In the center of the chaos.

She threw the life preserver to him,

Filled with unreciprocation, lost emotions,

And thoughts she's never disclosed to anyone but

Him.

All useless, wasted

Time & energy.

But,

In saving him from drowning,

She didn't realize she was too,

And she's given him the last buoy.

She laughed incredulously and relaxed

Into the sapphire agua,

A grin playing on her lips

With a single tear threatening to slip.

With her last breath,

She spoke a quote from a work by her favorite author,

Ernest Hemingway,

While waves of water threatened to enter her mouth

And consume her greedily.

My, I was a damned fool.