Maupassant was right

She sees
          The smoking sea stretched to infinity
                    Children sinking at the horizon
                    pulled down by sharks or the sun
                    -- fish are drowning too
          The imperfections in a razor blade
          The hierarchy of beauty
          An albatross diving in the dying day´s light
It's Icarus flailing
The sun explodes
Opposing legions of fire in her eyes, doing battle
The world is ending
I dive in
She will only see the water broken once