tide

she couldn't take the heat
of the argument so she
drove off and took a bath
in the river, except it
wasn't really a bath, it was her suicide.

the sun was burning
her up, twisting her body
inside out until it
showed people the parts
of her she didn't
want seen.

she could taste the dryness
on her tongue before she
plunged herself under,
not caring that she was
throwing something away.

she didn't even wonder
if anyone would cry at
her funeral, and she
never found out,
but all of them did.

and she never knew,
that she was dead.
(but not really.)