These Words



These words like rain falling into the ocean
Will fade away unnoticed
Sinking deep below the waves of yesterday
Dispersed by time and dissolved in memories
Passing without memorial or sturdy monument
So many lost sailors at sea
Never to return home
To lovers that mourn and move on
After hoping against reality for salvation
That never comes
I speak for the lost ones
And the loves that could have been
In futility I raise my fist
Screaming at the universe
So cruel and malevolent
One last time I lament
In anonymity
Alone
Before I drown.