Sodium Chloride in Dihydrogen Monoxide

and she was fading and flowing and falling
through fingers she gripped so tightly around
a chest that heaved and groaned.

Her chest heaved and groaned
and croaked a warbled tone
that Fate had let her down.

Fate had let her down,
let her walk against the tide
but only for a time.

Only for a time
and then she was
fading and
flowing and
falling, a

pillar
of dry
for having one
compassionate eye.

For having one compassionate eye
turned back on those who were passed
by the rushing waters and the rushing tide.

The rushing waters and the rushing tide
that said who would go and who would stay behind
and for looking she faded and flowed and fell.

She faded and flowed and fell
until her body and her eye
could be washed away.

She washed away
with the others.
No one could stay.

Not even those who obeyed.
When the river said move
and they moved,
or became a pillar for a day
to wait for the waters to come
and wash it all away.
But the waters always come,
even for those who obey.
The waters will come
someday.
No one can stay.