Beaches Part II

she drew me in like the slow ebb and flow of the tide

i felt my lungs soon being able to breathe the water

after her cold waters flowed within my veins, her ocean came alive. colors, shapes, creatures all became vibrant and full of life.

I was enamored with her beauty, her mystery, her secrets, her love.

Although I could never hold her in my arms, i swam with her. She was all around me and I became her fiery mermaid.

until her sharks, jellyfish and sea serpents circled around me. nibbling and sucking the life and fire out of me.

They kept me there...floating..still..lifeless..drugged. an illusion of weightless content.....promises....lies.

i longed for freedom...for air...dry land and the sun.

In an instant, I willed myself with all the strength I could conjure. Up and out of her waters her tide slowly pushed me towards the shore with every movement. She was done with me. Spat out. Like an old, broken shell.

I threw myself down on the hot dry sand. Thankful. So happy and thankful. Never to be fooled again by her dark, cold depth.

I stood up and looked back. Only the sweet memories lingered on her glistening surface.

I am so longer her walking human victim.

I walk away to find my home. I am free.