Agatized Memory

Straw sandals White sand Holding each thunderstorm cupped in my hand Burnt on the beach by my own strong command Crisp in my view of the sea. Agatized coral Pocketed salt tumbled and frothed from the depths born anew Pressured by currents 'till crystal shards grew soon to be baubles in windows I take the shore home each time I visit I fleece the beach for a memory trinket Winter defiant Sunburn triumphant I am a figment of sea tides and ebb.