Filled with Tears When You're Gone (a Poem for Day Twenty-Six of PAD)

My poem for Day Twenty-Six is below.

The Day 26 prompt for PAD:

For today’s prompt, write a water poem. Life depends upon water, so there are any number of ways to write this prompt. A few thoughts that jump to mind include pollution, rising water levels, hurricanes, fracking, and more.

Her Life Ripples On

Filled with Tears When You’re Gone

She thought it would be better
to disintegrate into bubbles
instead of spending eternity
inside a box. Floating downstream,
                                    s
                                      ink
                                          i
                                           n
                                         g
to slippery floor where visitors
would dip tired feet, wade across
                                    to the
                                         other
                                    side,
gain sustenance from refreshment
offered by cool ripples
                        her
       body would
            be-
   come


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