Her Translucent Inner World

My sophomore English teacher once told the class to write ten poems for our Poetry Unit Project. This is the second poem from my poem project, "Saudade," titled "Her Translucent Inner World."

Water fell

Beginning to crystallize before her unfocused gaze.

Time slowed 

And each memory gradually froze.

Her life force stopped flowing, her eyes now closing

The first aperture weaved its way through her being-

The next breach ensued by another.

Before long, hopes and dreams she once had

Broke and declined towards the sacred abyss,

In which she hid from the world around her home

Only to shatter and spread upon her non-existence.

People used to say,

Once you’re gone from this realm,

Your spirit,

Like the churning water continuously travels

On to its next destination,

Your soul will also follow.

The sharp decline of your river eventually reached.

However,

Now in the bitter cold

Her river ceased.

For she couldn't let go her still wanted mind made domain.

However,

Slowly,

Her heart began to liquefy.

Her essence gradually,

But surely,

Transforming as light shed

Upon her

And nothing else,

Preserved particles unfroze.

Soon to fall

Into her mind-crafted void as a stream.

The unknown.

Slowly consuming her whole

And as each second passed

Her eyes recognized at last.

Tears shed themselves.

Silent sobs remained within her throat.

The breathtaking luminescence passing through 

Her translucent inner world.