ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, 2001

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  09 October 2011
I remember...

glaring sun rays skip across the water like pebbles ablaze.
I can see myself,
like the silent staring of a stranger,
walking into Davy Jones locker.

Wading in the wild blue waters
I am drawn into it's cerulean depth.
how it muddles my movement,
yet unbinding me from gravity.
and setting me free.

Unbeknownst to me,
as I take that faithful step,
I am crossing the line between life and death.
suddenly I sink,
the earth beneath me gone,
I am as helpless as a stone.

waving my arms in one desperate battle,
I continue the seemingly endless struggle.
finally my strength dissolves,
and the water takes me with a grim resolve.

I was dying,
I stare as my life bubble away from my lips
in pursuit of the other world.
As my life reach its conclusion,
it produced no pain or panic
only a sense of quiet resignation.
Silently I bid farewell to my loved ones and waited,
yet my life did not flash before my waterlogged eyes.

swiftly,
like an angel's wings,
strong arms firmly grasp my failing body.
bringing me back into the world of light.
Yet as I lay coughing on the sand,
I felt a slight remorse as to leaving the ocean's seductive grasp.