Here is the shore,
On which we separated.
Broke apart, like chain links shattering.
From the land we wave at you;
You wave back, smiling.
Please, come back!
Worry follows
Like a persistent fly.
Panic races on the beach, running with us.
Then the pain comes.
Abandoned
Others throw rocks,
Futile attempts to bring you back
A new morning comes,
Determination drags on.
We shout toward the ship
You’re a speck on the ocean
I realize you’ll disappear within in the hour,
That the earth is flat,
Our voices are drowning in the wind
Nothing we can do.
Returning to the beach
Searching, scanning the horizon
Left, moved on, vanished, removed.
You’ve fallen off the edge of our world
All that remains
Nothing physical
Just the shell of your memory,

And a figuratively broken necklace.