watercolor

a drop of paint

in a sea,

mystifying and elusive, 

dancing and swirling,

with no pattern or rhyme.

vibrant,

until engulfed 

by the sea;

it pulls and drags it down.

the color stretches,

trying to grasp

that which doesn’t exist,

the edges

of the sea,

until it’s swallowed,

and the color

can no longer reach.