Saltwater Memories

Saltwater runs in my blood
You can taste traces on my skin
My heart is guided by the moon
The tides rise and fall again
All my thoughts run in a current
They have crashed on distant sands
And every love that’s lived in me
Still haunts me with demands
I have depths of life and depths of dark
The memories of sailors drowned
I have echoes of all the ships
That I have run aground
And shores I longed for with all my heart
That I was not meant to keep
And dreams that only rose in me
When I was fast asleep
I am the wave, the hurricane,
I am all worlds in one drop
The truth is I can share my tales
The truth is I won’t stop.