“Slowly, Regretfully” – Nayana Nair

I am dissolving in the
ocean that has no water
but only salt.
The salt
that is more closer to this earth
than I am.

I am changing slowly, regretfully,
into a form of your liking.
A form
that feels more belonging in this world
than I ever will.

My heart slips slowly
into the darkness inside.
A darkness
which feels more like home,
more like the freedom
that light had promised.