Manatee Or Mermaid

Goodbye ..... she whispered from afar The wind took words away and scattered them along the beach where lovers used to play I chased the syllables and nouns I gathered up the thoughts but currents in the water found the letters I had caught I still can't understand or hear the bubbles that she blew, landing lightly on the waves a surface love so new. I sank beneath the waters a deeper love to find, the heavy words like loyalty and truth were on my line, but I found only adverbs Of when and why and how I left my love note at the shore , who needs an old sea cow?