Start with:
Airway, Breathing, Circulation,
easy as ABC
they said.
Perhaps they meant
clear my throat,
slow my breathing,
check my pulse.
I could have used
the advice, but
there wasn’t time,
for him.
Perhaps, no.
His pleading eyes
will not fade in time,
and his sand soiled body’s
last electric leap
seems to hover
still longer
with each
repetition.
His blue lips
still murmur
words
to me
from the
water.
-BRD