Away

Floating

In the abyss

Black waters

warm and cold

this ocean,

unending

the depth of it,

terrifying.

gentle waves carry me

up

and down

up

and down

lapping at my legs,

my shoulders,

my ears

silently lulling me

into submission.

I strain to see into the dark

Nothing.

I am crushed by the silence.

I’ve not been here before

yet I know,

not to fight.

I ease my belly up out of the water

to stay afloat

wondering where these waves will take me

or if there is even a place to go

am I stranded out here

for eternity?

not anchored to anything,

or anyone,

I float

away…