segmented sea

we drank this ocean, feeling
every drop that rinsed our
bodies clean of all the past
debris; the wounds, the salt,
the kisses briny, all within
this strange segmented sea

but loneliness bleeds slow,
a tide receding gently,
noticing each section and 
each wavelet, every undulation
captured in the corner of my
eyes that only see what they

regret