I am raw-skinned and broken,

Back bent, paralyzed I lay

Head down defeated, I give

Up and give up more every day.

The words that were left

I have said them. Written

In every way and now I have

Nothing left to give.  Words

Of love unmet, no return,

No reply. Words of fury

Met with rage, you tossed

Your great Poseidon arms

Some warning not to test

Those black waters.

This is your farther shore,

This is your private island,

This is your definition,

This is your love story,

This is your weak fable,

This is your self unable,

This is your life leaving.

This is the way it always was.