With her toe
She wrote "goodbye"
                      in the sand
And the waves were coming      so close
They were touching the tops
                      of the letters
The ocean could wash away
                      all the traces
Of anything written in the sand
And she watched her last word       disappear
And she watched the boats come in
The lights were flickering and coming nearer
         And she felt it was time
                 To finally come clean

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