He Craved Her Salt

HollyB
HollyB
Sep 6, 2018 · 1 min read
“grayscale photo of man diving over waterfalls” by Ayko Neil Kehl on Unsplash

He saw her salt water exactly as intended.
A healing place.
Not just a quiet body of still beauty
but a cooling place
with the heat that ministers to burdens and the friction that cleans every wound.
Her salt ignites movement of blood
& caresses his muscles to build him.
His nourishment is better now. Her salt flavors the bland.

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