I took you snorkelling as I usually do.
I looked at you to reassure myself.
You winked back in your familiar way.
Later I looked again and you were gone!
You my long-time companion had disappeared!
You left me to plunge to the ocean floor.
I have searched for you along the arcing shore.
But I know you are forever lost to me beneath the rhythmic shifting sands.
Still winking and counting time as you always have.
Farewell my trusty Casio.
Koh Phayam. Thailand. Dec. 2011
Jan 25, 2020
Jan 25, 2020 at 4:47 PM UTC
I took you snorkelling as I usually do.
I looked at you to reassure myself.
You winked back in your familiar way.
Later I looked again and you were gone!
You my long-time companion had disappeared!
You left me to plunge to the ocean floor.
I have searched for you along the arcing shore.
But I know you are forever lost to me beneath the rhythmic shifting sands.
Still winking and counting time as you always have.
Farewell my trusty Casio.
Koh Phayam. Thailand. Dec. 2011