Edge of the Sea

I would break my teeth on the edge of the sea

to see the pearls they might become

I would break my heart on your ivory chess set

if to show you I've not yet found home

I would spit fear against torrent winds

I would drown in a desert

counting seconds like the hourglass

my lungs filled with sand

But for you, oh! For you

that I might feel your touch

I would set my own skin aflame

tread 10,000 miles across shattered dreams & glass

to hear you speak my name

I would break my own teeth on the edge of the sea

if for pain, I might know real beauty