Salt

Expelled from solution

hardened by the loneliness

I saw you, finally uncloaked

Revealing yourself in pure white diamonds

desperate to attract

waiting to be tamed by water again

Become brine, sweat and tears again

Abandoning the diamond castle

for a life in anonymous ubiquity

George is a chemist, molecular biologist and food scientist. You can follow him on Twitter @99blackbaloons , join his mailing list, or read his books: