I call the waves

I was here last year when the sky and sand were dirty like this

I watched the waves turning grey

I watched them arrive at the shore

Again and again

The sky turned black for weeks and weeks

You borrowed me without asking

Left me wandering from town to town

Not knowing where to find her

So I came to the ocean

And watched for the wave that could bring me back

I watched and watched

I wonder what you taught me

About power and loss and ambition and destiny

About an attempt to set fire to the rain

I listened

And I watched

And I waited

For my power to come back

in the arms of the man who didn’t run away from home when he was scared

A man who could fight and fight well

who knew what was worth fighting for