Earthbound

The salt made sinister

falls

a hard rain solid white

to wash bad luck away

and here I stand on the sea

with all the sand before me

and a growing mountain behind.

Who are you to rise and fall

against the tidal moon

to stand and sing your sorrow song

I swore I was done with you

Sing salt fly salt

behind shoulder like shadow

let white and black embattle

Let the stinging grains make new

the rot that clings to me

I will turn my back on you

I will not hear you sing

The waves may rise the very sea

may beg for what you seem

But I have salt and salve enough

I know what your song means.

So sing salt, fly salt

over shoulder back at moon

I am leaving greying shores

and will not return here soon.