Sinking Stones

i.

your beloved
shows you how to skip stones
but yours always just splash
and sink

they won't dance

ii.

you realise
you've been left behind
by someone who knows
how to skip stones
when
you find yourself
alone at the riverside

your stones still splash
and sink

iii.

it's the could be's
the what if's
and the promises
that run around your head

while watching waves
picking up another stone

(there's dirt
under your fingernails)

iv.

dear;
they've moved on
and you must too -
for if you don't
you'll drown

at the riverside
trying to let stones fly