Stages: VI

I am a fish
A wish
An uneaten dish
You lured in but chose to let go;
Angling for sport
Line caught
Unwelcome in port
Your appetite hopeless to know.

Stages: V

I am a boat
A coat
A murder she wrote
That’s cast off but never departs;
Rendering pain
Again
That constant refrain
Withstanding the dark of your arts.

Stages: IV

I am a purse
A curse
A garlanded hearse
Now counting my blessings, at peace.
Final sunset
Reset
I finally get
That love I had only on lease.

Stages: III

I am a sword
A chord
A chalked up blackboard
Of pointedness, minor in scale;
On your words beached
Sunbleached
My life essence leeched
A lunatic class I can’t fail.

Stages: II

I am a shore
A war
A minstrel on tour
With waves clashing over my head;
Nervous phosphene
Obscene
Demanding and green
This wickedness sharing your bed.

Stages: I

I am a buoy
A toy
A ductile alloy
Of levity, playful and light;
Now set afloat
I dote
Upon every note
You whisper in my ear each night.