skinny shell bones, or, life

these,
      shells. those,
bones. this,
      skin. they,
remainders:
      reminders of
what once was
      again. could be.

life,
      it happens.
suddenly, as if
      slowly watching,
documenting time
      and its passing,
from this to that.
      shadows are
echoes of light,
      blinded hindsight.
life happens,
      and i am
in it, motionless
      and on fire.

i know it is
      too late, too
painful to admit,
      but i need
to be understood.
      things fall apart.
tides come,
      tides go.
hearts break,
      dreams go.
dreams unspoken lead
      to hearts broken.
i do not have
      answers. explanations?
just a fool. understand.
      i was not meant
for this. though
      i have tried and failed,
i can only say
      i want to believe.

in me? i have been
      proven wrong already.