Once
upon
an eon.
I took my shadows for a walk.
They dragged my memories behind them,
weighed down with stones.

I followed the tide out,
the wind pushed me on.
The waves breathed for me.
The curlews cried for me.
The terns feared for me.

Sand fell through the hourglass.
In the violet hour,
I opened my chest,
and screamed.