The sea is rising; standing on the beach
The rocky shore magnetic to your soles
The wave is skimming in to fill the breach
The water is a brine to bend the bold

The dark wine-tinted depth so sweetly coos
Your gift of salt accepted by the sea
Its passion bubbles up in veiny hues
You don't remember splashing to your knees

The pressure of the throbbing, formless swells
Encompasses and fills your feral breast
Give in, just let your body drift, don't dwell
On what may wait beyond the budding crest

It rushes in, choke when you cannot swallow
The tide has come and gone and left you hollow