This dull ache started
In the middle of my gut
Spreading
Like an oil slick
Did not spare
My bruised heart
And
Tumultuous brain
Coated
Like perishing penguins
In layers of black
Beside upturned
Prey
Both dying  
The same malady
Tormenting
Prey and
Predator

Your words
Trying to soak
This inky toxin
Resemble
Feeble attempts
To stop
This amoebic monster
Growing
Changing shape
Nevertheless
Spreading
To the far corners
Of a once clean
Calm picturesque
Ocean
Tranquility shattered
By Pipe bursts
Of random speech
That may take
Years to clean
Yet leave a mark

Our relationship
Pure
Until this spill
Dearest
I blundered
Overconfident
In love
And my ignorance
Your feelings
Sensitive
Like the corals
Tarnished now
I am trying
To clean
This unsightly stain
With my tears
And your
Understanding

I know your heart
Large as the ocean
Will soak up
My folly
Erase the blemish
Clear the water
That we may stand
Hands entwined
Like clown fish
And
Sea anemone
Inseparable
After our long
Painful
Separation