When Daniel swam out towards the island, the children and I saw it happen, the family safe on shore, oblivious to the riptides that pull shells, weeds, flounder, and men down.
We could not believe the ocean claimed him. He had romanced her, witholding for once his scorn for things too vast.
Today, I leave this coastline, its cliff-faces and inlets. I walk on the beach, and then I walk into the water up to my ankles, knees, waist, up to my neck before I let the sea take me.
I swim, I grow fins, lose my arms and legs, gills supplant my lungs, and my face flattens 'til I'm fisheyed.
I am a citizen of the sea, come to sue for my loss. I swim like a mad maiden, I swim, then I dive below, dear Daniel.