Saturated by sorrow,
my soul hears faraway tune
of a song it used to sing and mourns
what it knows is
lost.

            Dripping salted tears I rock.
Wordless cries escape from heart,
leaky chambers, too many holes poked,
too few people
see.

            Awash, I sink in sea of
memory, forgetfulness.
Solace denied me, I submerge self
to deaden pain,
drown.

            But as I do, I offer
another prayer that someone
might have fortitude and share sweet salve,
resuscitate
me.