quench

:: Sometimes I have a feeling of being continually thirsty, suddenly conscious of my body never ever seeming to get enough water. My eyes are chronically dry. The skin around my fingernails and on my knuckles cracks easily. I have eye drops and lotion, and bottles of water cluttering my car and room. Tongue in cheek I'll think that perhaps I'm a mermaid who was cast out of the sea and is searching for a way to get back home, guided by puzzling clues; quick-surging salty tears, a love of the color blue, the urge to dance in the rain.