proposal

somehow
   i know what it means to be
      happy but have
forgotten.

that smiling child in the
   picture frame, bobby
      gigglewater, was
drown

   long ago in the
      river of
   sorrow. the dissolution of
      his body is about to
         reach the
sea.

he is remembering
   how the light laughs
      on the crests of the
         waves

   how the shadows
      giggle in the
foam.

before he
   enters the life
      of the clouds

   he is inviting you
      to drown be
         side him

   & rejoice in
      every atom of
         your
being.