Watermark

You were carved out of the sea

Watermarked by our ancestry

In a tug of war

Between the tide and me

What felt like loss was a victory

As you were swept ashore like bottles holding prayers

Where you were carved out of the earth

Safe and sound in your second birth

Gravity has tied your anchor to the shore

As a lighthouse tames the endless ocean roar

Against the calming light

Our silhouettes are changing shape

The stories you've been told

Have made you brave

Such inheritance

Was formed within the sand

Like the shells you gather

In the safety of your hands

Dive in, with your eyes closed

For the life you were born to claim

The water will be paralyzed

By the courage you contain

And the flutter of your earnest heart

It will fill the silent seas

And all will be restored in your melody