when i taste salt i think of you.

 

i remember when we were in the sea and

 

you kissed me so hard i thought you were trying

 

to rearrange my ribs and tie my heart strings in knots.

 

i remember staying up late and eating popcorn and talking

 

about life and death and everything in between and you told me

 

that maybe life wasn't for you.

 

i remember tasting salt but this time it came from my eyes

 

and breathing hurt and i wondered

 

"was it like this for you?"

 

except it wasn't because

 

you can drown in the sea

 

but you can't drown in tears