Photograph by Mohini Kaur Gupta

your waters

so close to your waters 
yet too far to ever taste your wetness
fated to only sense your moist mist
knowing that
your salt permeates the air
that i breathe
it sifts through the soil 
that roots me  
crystals of your salt are all over my body 
snowflakes of your salt cover my limbs
always 
i am never alone.

mohini