Skeleton On The Sea Floor -- revision

[Lizzie]

I guess I will disagree with others about the line merges with the mattress.  I don't think it's severe enough if I'm interpreting correctly.  Just curious: Can you clarify why you selected that word?

Hi Stampede. You're talking about the word merged? It certainly could be deduced that something violent has happened to the person, something terrible or tragic. Maybe. In my mind, the slow descent into the ocean's silt feels more like a giving in, or letting go. Like with depression, it's not usually something that comes on suddenly and immediately levels someone, but more like a light slowly dimming. That's what I had in mind is a slow surrender to the elements.

I understand what you're saying though, and it's true that the storyline is perhaps too open to interpretation. It just seemed like the thing to do at the time.