lost at sea

burrowed inside

detached from the shell

i float 

like

a jellyfish

or helium 

balloon

each day

muscles get tighter

some bones

cracklier

and yet you

remain

a ghostling

save for the 

tiny peek

through the hole

in your heart

you let me

see

the wound,

(you love it so).

i put my lips there

i could feel your pulse

i saw the glimmer in your eyes

way deep down

so-many thousand leagues

beneath the sea

a sparkle

down down down

everything there:

collapsed

crumbled

from the pressure

of

depth.