I remember when

Velvety skies held the stars  
In their silky blanket  
Precious  
Like pinholes of light  
Seeping from the heavens above  
Holy  
 
Thrawling my arms outwards  
To let the spirit of the sea..  
Engulf my very soul  
 
Waves of salt water splashed  
Onto my chin  
Nostalgia  
Pressing my lips together  
Tasting  
The moment forever remembered  
 
An abundance of darkness  
Fled unstructured and  
Messy  
With the wind  
 
Hid the insomniac sea  
Mystic  
Provider of midnight music  
 
I looked up  
Where no one else dare  
Look  
In the way dreamers did  
 
And suddenly the thought  
Perched on the shoulders  
Of my spirit  
And repeated  
 
'Do you ever wonder what it is binding your soul to this place?'  
 
---Yasmin Rahim