Steady Healing

I heal as steadily

as the sea falls in love

with the moon each night,

Building a home from

my body's clay

I lay myself down

beneath steady stars,

Scars soothed by

Balms of peppermint and

Some nights spent

Not touching but

Listening instead.

Carving my memories

into the sand

I watch my words wash away in waves,

Wash over you,

Over me,

Steadily.

Watch them fade away in waves,

Letting go,

Staying slow,

Stay afloat by

laying low.

Sometimes echo

with the hurting of healing,

Familiar feeling.

With kissed palms I hold myself, Whole,

Sometimes holed with

Shadows and sorcery,

But still I heal

Steadily,

And move with

with the flow

of Time's tide.