Salt

We are made up
Of water, mostly

Within us
we hold,
memories
of the sea.

From the time
we were
stranger
mammals.

Our bodies need sodium
Still
The water we drink
washes it ashore.

Let’s go salt licking
Like our ocean cousins,

Wipe each others tears away
till the edges of the sea.

Remember how we floated
in wombs
Trying to reach the waves.

Trying to be free.