A drift

Life is so fragile and humans can be so resilient....

Floating here in Mare's embrace, 

I cling, I grasp, 

clinching to what I may, 

moonlight companion now hid behind stormy skies, 

adrift, afloat, 

life now more dear than when safety was taken for granted.  

A trick of the eye, 

was it light, 

was it my mind, 

a reflection of the sea? 

Aqueous pendulum tossed with no regard for life, I survive.  

What was that? 

I am not alone with the brine, 

startled feet brushed, 

nipped, and nibbled. 

Am I now become the prey to that which I was hunting?  

Eyes now heavy, 

I am content for fates decision, 

blackness of the void take me, 

I am through with this life.....

darkness is now my mistress....

an eternity passes....

Angels singing their aviary tones....

Warmth of Heavens light? 

Why do I feel hungry, feel sand, feel the sea....

revelation hits, I survived.....

startled I hear a rumble in the distance, 

what is this new land?

Reviews

[Ern M. Yoshimoto]

what a dramatic narrative. we are plunged (pun intended) into a story of a man drowning in sea. the descriptions of the sea are so vivid. i'm glad you didn't try to make this out to be some kind of metaphor, instead it is a straight story of one man, a sailor, facing a dreadful fate. as he slowly comes to accept his demise, it is riveting to read.

[Dave W.]

I have no idea where the story would go but yeah I wanted to get away from metaphor, thank you for the review.