Salt, crusted across my cheekbones
Undulating waves, breaking against my shins
Messy hair and naked limbs
Mosquitos attacking at dusk
Endless, warm nights
Roaming in the moonlight

your words
bring my insides out
and make my outside irrelevant

And when you said
Hello
all I could
see
was You

Hey, wild girl
I know I've been gone for a while now, wild girl
I've been battling some distant demons, wild girl
I'm trying to find my way back to you, wild girl
and back to me, wild girl
You'll be okay, wild girl
I will be okay.

go back to scorching hot tarmac burning the soles of feet
and back to sand under my nails
and to long, tangles hair
and chlorine up my nose
salt, stiff on skin