you read once that no one dies
until their name is said for the last time,
meaning those ancient tragedies
weren't that tragic, really.

but you think you may be a tragedy
because you're falling,
but you don't think anyone will remember your name.

the loneliest thing in the world is a crowd,
but if a tree falls in the forest
and no one is there to hear it,
did it make a sound?

if your tragedies were never immortalised,
did you really hit the water?
or did you crash and crack
your hollow body open on the coast?

they told you how no one dies
until their name is said for the last time,
so you may have been dead a while now.

but it's okay,
because at least an...