Lethe

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I have lost you to the sea,

Watching over the years

As bit by bit its waters advanced

Crumbling away at the ground of you

Until you were consumed.

All the words and memories,

Every grain of you

Swept out to into depths

Where I cannot follow.

I circle this unknown

Searching for any sign of you

Calling

Sending out the familiar signals

That would always bring you running

But your eyes are an ocean

With depths I can no longer plumb

And I wonder if you are there at all

Hiding in the deep

Calling out to be found.