Grieving Coquinas... For Nancy

Coquina butterflies, in cases, in glass 30 years locked in my memory's passed The beach just brought home with it's sand still warm to a house full of love, to a brand new home When he smiled then, when he caught her eyes they remarried in whispers and sweet surprise As a child I learned, and I learned it well Drop into love, so with ease, I fell I fell in a dream with the ocean's kiss while thinking of them in happiness 'till the moment he wrapped the shore up to bite stone 'till the moment he told her he'd leave her alone Not by free will did he swim out to sea for the love of his life he would never bereave Nay, but with sickness, an anchor in tow He kissed her and smiled so she'd always know She swam out so far, to the boundary of currents and filled up the sea with her tears in her fury She screamed 'till her lungs had shriveled in salt and broke open emotion, engaging them all. Coquina quiet in cases, in glass in their home by the sea, in their infinite past She'll love now no more for once you are bitten there's no breaking butterfly wings, it's forbidden.