O my body

You knew me before my memory was born

We danced and chased each other in our dreams

The bed we shared was covered in down

You shivered in the cold and kept me warm

But time’s tide ebbs and flows

You drip away slowly like a bath tap

Emptying into the ocean over an eternity

Taking with you those memories

Drop by drop moving back to the waters that created us

Drop by drop seeing you fade

Drop by drop carrying pools of remembrances

Until one day they will be gone

And you will follow in rivulets

As the fields dry

And together we leave

You and my memory together forever