Floating Ophelia
Floating Ophelia
What’s above
And what’s beneath her?
Floating Ophelia
Heart beating like the
Wings of a dove
What else could drown her
But love?
Floating Ophelia
Let’s hear the requiem
For her
Echoes and memories
Of a live lived
In degrees
Of hope
Of daring
Of only just bearing
Floating Ophelia
You were the best
In a watery grave
Laid to rest
Painting by Alexandre Cabanel, Ophelia (1883)
Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons