salty air whips her hair and licks her salt streaked face
through swirling smoke
she breathes you in from one hundred eighty six light seconds and a lifetime away
and no beckoning light comes to lead her to you or
you to she
and the ink black night is suffocatingly limitless
so pull the smooth coolness higher and wrap it tight around the empty eyes
of the girl you never knew
and kiss her salty lips oh so softly
once
before you walk away