sea — swallow me

it’s been far too long

I reside in the damp sand,
wrapped in the most delicate of white fabrics
& you’ve watched me for months from within the harsh waves.

I slice my wrist with shells and
you sip the sea foam oozing from my wrists,
leaving no trace aside from the sandy gashes.

I was left to stitch the wounds myself,
and I soon let the sea swallow me.

…KL