My skin turned salt My mouth stayed still I drank the weight I broke the will No rescue came No ropes were thrown I sank so far The pain felt home ⸻ They said: “Come up” But I was stone I wore the deep Inside my bones ⸻ SALT SAINT — MADE OF WOUND AND SEA HALO DRIPPING FROM MY TEETH I ROSE TOO LATE TO BE REBORN THE AIR REJECTS WHAT I’VE BECOME Tried to breathe But lungs were flame Tried to scream But screams knew shame I kissed the floor Of what I feared Now it speaks Inside my ears ⸻ I wasn’t saved I wasn’t healed I was remade By what I sealed ⸻ SALT SAINT — PRAY TO PAIN A BODY FORGED IN TIDES AND STAIN I DIDN’T DIE — I JUST WENT DEEP NOW I’M THE THING YOU MEANT TO KEEP ⸻ I rise… But not to surface I rise… To replace the surface I rise… Not as man But as What drowns men ⸻ SALT SAINT — I AM THE PRAYER CARVED FROM DEPTHS THAT DON’T FORGIVE AIR I’M NOT ABOVE, I’M WHAT’S BELOW THE FINAL BREATH… YOU NEVER KNOW
