sea creature

with audio 🌊🌊🌊

Photo by Colin Lloyd on Unsplash

The sea birthed you, its salty placenta

unburdened you to the swell,

Slick like an oil spill

she bled you into her

swirling tides

Selkies sang you home

The moon lit your path

She wept as she watched you go

On land

you carry the sea, in your veins

Seaweed trails in your wake, I find it in your hair

Samphire seasons your skin, to taste

Curled in your arms, my face sealed to the crook of your neck

I hear the roll of the waves

the howl of the deep

I wonder when she will call you

Knowing you were never mine to keep.