(012) the next morning

you were beautiful, but you were a jewel i could not keep. your heart was slowly disappearing out of view. as the sun buried itself beneath the horizon, my eyes struggled to adjust to the absence of the warm, yellow light that had filled my sky for so long. but now, she was indeed gone for good and had no intentions on ever coming back. i saw her once in a dream that had vanished from my memory the next morning. you were glowing white light that blinded everyone. i couldn't see for days, but when i came to my senses, i realized i was living in some tired, tranquil dream. i have no choice but to abandon ship. the echoes that we made were never heard. the pictures that we took were never seen. each day was a sketch that i drew up and then erased. the bottom of the ocean is where you will find my body after it has been drowned by your silence.