Watermark

You were carved out of the sea

Watermarked by your ancestry

In a tug of war

Between the tide and me

What felt like loss was a victory

'Cause you were swept

Ashore like bottles holding prayers

You were carved out of the earth

Safe and sound in your second birth

Gravity has tied

Your ankle to the shore

As a lighthouse tamed

The endless ocean war

Against the calming light our

Silhouettes are changing shape

The stories you've been told

Have made you brave

Such inheritance was formed

Within the sand

Like the shells you gather

In the safety of your hands

Dive in with your eyes closed

For the life you were born to claim

And the water will be paralyzed

By the courage you contain

And the flutter of your earnest heart

It will fill the silent seas

And all will be restored

In your memory