come in like the tide
cover my body with a wave of unfathomable feelings that yearn for discovery

drag me out like the sand
when the waves revert back into the sea
taking parts of my sanity with you like tiny grains of sand that get lost in the ocean

crash on my shores like the waves of a storm
painful and rapid
i beg of you please stop hurting me but the tide rises higher with the wind and the salt stings all the tiny little cuts on my wrists and fingertips

calm, a tide i wish you would adopt
instead of collapsing tsunamis on my shores
i wish you’d learn that the waves also kiss the sand goodbye and gently fall back into the sea
instead of hitting me with a wave of chaos and blinding headaches
i wish you’d learn how to slowly stop yourself from inflicting pain in by fragile being

please stop trying to deteriorate my beautiful shores, i need the sands of them
please stop trying to drown me in your salty waves that burn my being from their chemical acidity
please learn to treat your shores kindly.