streaming in icy air
gliding on frozen breath
taste an iridescent fog

mid paralysis, the ghost succumbed
swimming against the current she could see herself disappear
melting like snow rendered completely irrelevant, nearly invisible

as the water filled her lungs and drained into her anesthetized heart
she accepted it was impossible to wade the water

thrashing, drowning
she was washing away, filling with regret

she held a whisper
closed her eyes
exhaled

and let go