So she swallowed, and drowned, and floated on down 
Down to where the river is wide 
The pearl-grey sky shining above 
Watching over her body's soft glide 
Cool green seaweed caresses her skin 
It twines round her limbs and gently begins 
To pull her down, down to the peaceful black deep 
Small fishes kiss her, to sweeten her sleep 
The day slowly dies, the night rolls like smoke 
Over the water, the stars rise and fall 
Dawn gleams in the east, the sunlight bursts forth 
The unknowable cycle of life over all 
And her body transforms, in the river's embrace 
Her hands rot away, then her hair, then her face 
And God slowly forgets that she ever was born 
And the river flows on.  The sky shines.  She is gone.