salt skin sticky

you know that feeling

where your skin is that sort of sticky

that happens when you’ve just gotten out of ocean

when your hair is so tangled with salt water

running your fingers through it

its a useless thought

when grains of sand stick to your skin

as if they are glued

as you walk from the waves

your skin covered in goose bumps

but not from being cold

simply from the water

the sun

and the breeze

you make it back to your towel

the moment you lay down

the beating sun feels so hot it nearly takes your breath

that salt skin sticky feeling

just the thought takes me back to the place