last summer
when the sunrise
turned our eyes
into warm pools
of honey
when the sky
was an expanse
of endless
baby blue
that darkened
into an alive azure
where it met
the ocean
on the horizon
i curled my toes
in the sparkling sand
that's just out of reach
of the tide's
wanting, wistful
fingers
i let my dark hair
tangle
when the wind
tried to braid it
i gazed into
the sun's
burning flares
that reach out
to hold the clouds
aloft
on fire
and i felt
whole
for a moment
as if i've been
stitched back together
with sea salt
and sunshine
yet when night came
i slept on the shores
of my sadness
and fell apart
after holding myself
together
too tightly
my heart
tense and tired
and the warmth
the remnants
of the sun
on my skin
has cooled
the fragments
of my shattered soul
are sharp-edged
like glass in the sand
and the desolation
i've pushed away
during the day
washes over me in waves
and i let the foaming tide
sweep away
my sand heart
love,
mari
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