On the Shore

I lent them my body 

in a parasitic pact

within which to grow

each bone and organ

every finger and toe

nicking a slice of my pneuma 

upon our separation

from their very first breath 

they began building their boats 

the days draining away 

swiftly as water through a sieve

until eventually they set out 

on their own to sail the sea 

leaving me alone as I'd been before 

on the sandy shore