Salt

Inseparable as ocean and salt

Our mind and the memory vault

Through it, we dissolve into a past

We’re trapped by what’s amassed

In the salty past, we try and preserve

Thoughts that tell us how we deserve

A future that is rich and sweet

To get there, we’re prepared to cheat

Everyone seeks to enhance life’s taste

It cannot be so until the past’s erased

Leaving behind what’s stale

We become fresh and hale

The past may enhance life’s flavor

Be cautious when accepting that favor

It’s an addiction that may never leave

Allowing the mind to continually deceive