Salt

By Raymond Camacho

my day begins and ends with salt

i wake up in a maze of tunnels

deep inside myself

Salt Mines.

i was placed here by you,

and even though its been over a year

i’m still looking, trying to find my way out

Seawater.

do you knows what it feels like

to have seawater in your mouth?

I want to swim, but I keep drinking the water.

Flint.

seven years and their pipes are still filled with salt.

imagine your president pretending to drink

water from the pipes from all colors of the rainbow

Tears.

laying in bed going over the memories

feeling your hands wrapped around my neck

lay on top of me, cover my body in

Salt.

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Raymond Camacho is a 27 year-old queer Puerto Rican Writer, based out of New York City. Raymond obtained a BA from Hunter College in Creative Writing & The Afro-Latino Experience. Raymond is a domestic violence survivor writes about LGBTQ+ victims of domestic violence. Raymond can be reached via Instagram @RAYDIDTHIS