What Comes Next

I never knew you could drown in air
so sweetly breathed just days before
did the poles inverse
shifting sediment beneath the waves
did the planet spin
reversed by cosmic wonder
did my lungs collapse
filling the hole in my heart
gulping like a stranded fish
separated from the school
the current pulling down
spindled fins flailing
in the mirror failing
reflecting now these fresh regrets
unvarnished and unfinished
half scribbled scraps
a memorial shroud
for a life fast fading
the light ahead
is hard to see

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