Tears

when life gives you tears
and the wind dries them on your tired face
and the salt burrows into your cheeks
stripping them of their innocence
remember your first dip in the ocean
when the wave washed over your head
and a moment of terror
became a shriek of pure joy

taste that salt, it is life
washing over you
spring up and get a gulp
of that iodine filled air
and let the embers of sunlight
playing on the waves
into your heart