Drown in honey

Laughter thick and friendly fire

Handing me the tower key

Climbing spiral stone in hurry

View of river into sea

Currents quickly take me under

Above, I see shadows of birds

Many poets write a drowning

I am left with sense, not words

Honey, what I’ve always needed

Syllables get stuck in teeth

Sticky suffocating sugar

Will you tell them I was sweet?