Warriors Part 1

NaPoWriMo 4/17 "Warriors Part 1"

We believed we were warriors

until the day we fought the Ocean.

At first, we thought we beat it but 

brief retreat is only its nature;

It surged back, nearly drowned us.

Soggy, exhausted,

salt stinging our eyes, 

we wept salt water

into salt water

amid ruined battlements made of sand.