After Years

Today, from across the ocean,

I watched you slipping away.

As the flow of water across

the surface of rock slowly

seeps its way down and

disappears.

As the effort finally
gives way with a

small burp of electricity.

As the last thread of cataract

crosses the diameter of my eye

and brings darkness,

the etiology idiopathic.

And all the while I sip quietly

and eat to overfull, smiling.