The Water Remembers Me

And the water remembers me
The sea remembers me
Remembers the touch of my body
Remembers my voice
Remembers my energy, resonance, song
Welcomes me
Embraces me
Caresses me
And lets me sink deep
Into its memory

Fills me
Holds me
Tells me stories
Softly whispered
Forcefully, passionately exclaiming
Speaks to me
Of times long gone
Yet close to its memory

Tells me of all the lovers
And loves it remembers
Speaks to me about all
The death it has seen
Cries out about all the
Injustice and dishonouring
That happened to it
And that it has witnessed

The sea sees so much
The sea sees everything
And holds it all
Contains it all
And tells it to those
Who listen
Who come close enough
Who stay long enough
Just to listen
To witness

To listen to the stories
Of the great oceans
Who witness everything
That happens
Under the great blue sky

Who is there to silence them?
Who is there to listen?

Oktober 2019