Of every beautiful thing

that I have ever seen

-that has ever existed-

I take a deep breath

I peer on 

Bewildered

-Why?

And for what end?

Was this all some sick joke?

And I the victim of a cruel joke?

He laughs with the same vigor he did before

booming

and crashing down with a ferocity

unbeknownst to my fellow beings

The cruelest joke

is that you will never understand.

I blink

He is gone

The wind tears wildly with the waves crashing

all around me

as I stand on this stone jetty 

alone.

I guess I always knew that.