It begins with waveform     the ups and downs
of it     following the ridge     until the base shifts
and the crest breaks     on a rocky shore

the beach slides oceanward     a shallow
decline     a memory of words unspoken
or actions unseen     never to be unclaimed

it’s a corpus     assembled across time 
a truism lacking choice     where words of
forgiveness are rarely given breathing space

the script was written ahead of time 
the screening was played to mixed reactions
a body lying cold and set upon the boards

in every story there are winners and losers
this game is zero sum     as with all your models
it functionally represents the activity of love.