Wednesday, February 3, 2010

under toe

I was so close to shore after months adrift in harsh waters.

My toes sunk into the velvet sand below the water.

I heaved my body inch by inch slowly breaking free from the body of water that clung to my skin.

Finally the water had pulled back and I was left standing, trembling and exposed, the weight of my body parting the sand below my feet.

I collapsed on the shore having abandoned my strength.

The rough sand stinging my cheek, held me for a moment.

In that moment of peace, without warning, my body was swallowed by the rushing water and I was being drug back out to sea.

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