I started on the right;
I lit the match
And ignited the braided rope
Into flames;

It ate the planks,
One by one-
They were ashes

Carried away by the water

Until there was nothing

But a vast
Canon.

I screamed down into it;

My voice ricochetted
Off the rocks.

I called your name;
You didn't respond.

Lifelessly
You stood

On the other side-

A passionless face

Observing

The mess
I'd made.