And so you have gone;
Gone to the realm where I cannot follow.
Words slip through my mind like
silver fish, flashing through a sieve--
a net that cannot catch your spirit and pull you back
from that dark place where I cannot follow.

And I must remain
Here, in this place where you cannot return:
Godforsaken, all-at-once hated
and most cherished place
Where you once bade me stay: Here,
in this wretched realm where you cannot return.

And so you have sailed
Sailed beyond that ocean, beyond my reach.
Flashed in my life like a silver fish,
slipped through my fingers; I only brushed
the essence of you, I only grazed the surface
of you, now across that ocean, beyond my reach.