This poem (maybe a villanelle-ish?) was inspired by the following quote:
The cure for anything is salt water
—sweat, tears, or the sea.*
Never forget this when the times turn darker.
This is what I tell you daughter!
Embracing your pain is key.
Let your tears be healing water.
Worship at the Goddesses’ altar
She will listen to your plea.
Don’t forget her when times turn darker.
Oh how I wish I’d wade through water!
Barefoot along the ice cold sea.
Flowing tears, feet in saltwater.
Oh how I wish I could be other,
than just painfully be me!
Especially when days turn darker!
Feel my pain dissolve some faster.
Tears along the stormy sea.
The cure for anything is holy water
Remember this when the times turn darker.
And you walk weeping by the sea.
Writing for Healing 