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