The salty scent of empty arms laughs
Laughs
Whipping my hair through the brine
Fingers dancing
Raw from the tide
Taste on my tongue
Enchanting
Romancing me
Shines with moonlight
Hides with it
Digging in the sand
Gritty between my teeth and knees
Broken glass
Slipping from my grasp
Blood coursing from my veins
How quiet can my footsteps be?
Walking toward the waves
Lifting and falling
Laughing at me
Eyes twist away
Blinking rapidly
Too bright
Too bright
Surging
Burning like a wildfire
Bleeding through my skin
Sobs drowned beneath the wind
They cannot hear me now
No time to say goodbye
Just regret
All regret for me
Things I shouldn't have said
Away they fly
Cannot say goodbye.
The water laps
Cools my skin
Embracing me
Inviting me
For years it called
I stalled each time
My hot skin drenched with perspiration
Tears and resignation
Come
Come
Drink from me
I will cleanse you
I will hold you
You will not feel alone any longer
Like a lions roar I stand
Tall and beaten
In the sand
Toes curled
Grains scratch my skin
Though I cannot feel it now
Breathing salty loneliness
Through my nose
I take that first step
Foot pointed
Until it aches
The time has come
The Beast awakes
Diving in
Breathing deep
The water coursing through
Reminding me of you
And burning deeper,
Hotter than
The hottest ray of sun
That ever burned whatever Man
Who stood here crying in the sand
Salt leaking in my lips
Drying the cracks
Twisting my hips
My chest caves in
The blood flows out
The stones are banging on my skin
My arms
They flail
My eyes wide open
Burning like white flame
You're omnipresent
I cannot run away
So  the last drop of empty arms
Grabs hold of me
Hair floating  in graceful patterns
My neck stretched under alabaster moonlight
And with that dreaded final thought
I descend into the depths of
Briny hate and salty steps
But with a new man on my side
The one who reaches with the tide