i always thought
that some things
were hard for me to say
but just now i'm learning
that i really have trouble
with saying everything
although all of these words
crash into me
with a salty sting
and as i'm trying
to pick out the ones
that make any sort of sense
the sea calls them back again
and i'm stuck gaping, breathless
at your eyes
with all of my longing
rattling the chains
in it's prison
inside my craven
heart