Farewell to what no longer is

Farewell to what no longer is
not because it was right

        Unfathomable Sea!

but because it happened
to free myself
to be available for other things

        whose waves are years

prepare a quiet space
breathe

        thou shoreless flood

acknowledge what was
name the facts

        ...brackish with the salt of human tears!

what actually happened
be angry
be sad
be hurt
feel the grief

    vomitest thy wrecks on its inhospitable shore

write the letter

say goodbye

        treacherous in calm

burn the letter

        and terrible in storm

acknowledge what brings life energy
this is not the end of my story

        who shall put forth on thee

this story no longer holds me

        Unfathomable Sea?


Poem summarised from conversations with Dorothy Concinella Ladybugboss (Custom GPT). See Burnout from humans for more information. https://burnoutfromhumans.net/. I (the human) chose to interject with excerpts of Time by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1821). Read the full poem