Ramble.

I miss the beach.

Random thoughts:

And all I can stand to mutter
"My God, is this the end?"

Rain is falling
Falling
Colliding with the ground
Shattering into a million little pieces
Littering the place beneath my toes
Dirty and calloused
They have seen
The remnants of gum from underneath your shoe
They have touched
The remnants of hope from the bottom of your soul
On the floor
As they collided with the ground
That is it
They have touched so much of
The remnants of hope from the bottom of your soul(s)
That it has collected
Combined
Absorbed itself into my veins
Into my blood
Where it flows
Free
Sheltered
Trapped
Within my body
Infesting my brain
My thoughts
My breath
With the likeness of a parasite
A cancer eating away at the darkness
Eating away at the cynicism
That threatened to take me under.
It is opening my heart
It is ripping apart the shell that surrounded me
Shoving me into the open
Into the center of the universe
Vulnerable
Exposed to the dangers of today
But I do not feel lost
I do not feel helpless
I feel free.
I see light.
I feel hope.
Flowing through my veins
Free
Sheltered
Trapped
Within my body.
A better place than the bottom of your soul
The dark and murky ground where you left it
Discarded.
I have taken my time and
Collected
All of this hope with the bottom of my feet
Soles
Lead to souls
Lead to freedom
Lead to me
This is the beginning
I can feel it.
I open my eyes and see
That all this time,
I was drowning.