Walls of Sand

I lie upon the sand and the sea shells wash up against my feet. The grains of sand finds nooks and corners of my skin to settle in. The salt licks my skin an leaves it's taste behind. As I lie watching the waters rise higher I feel myself being washed away by the waves.

The froth covers me in a white blanket, one moment I'm warm, the next I'm cold. The waters wash over me with a warm touch, but when they're gone I'm cold again. I feel like I'm watching my world come rushing at me in a torrent of rage, but the very next moment it's a carpet that I float on.

The night surrounds me. All I can hear is the waves lashing up against this deserted beach. The waters seem to call out to me, to take me in their never ending depth; to be one with their world, to explore their universe deep down below.

The world is a swirling mass of white and blue, but it's swirling in peace. There is no burden on those waves. From afar they bring the walls of sand castles down with them. It is the history of the world, building castles only to watch them washed away in contempt by mother nature.

The moon and the stars seem to smile upon me. I watch as the moon is hidden behind a cloud and appears again. Fascinated, I let the waves come in higher. With every ebb my world comes back to me and is taken away again. When will the waters be strong enough to drag me away?

A kite soars past the clouds and for a moment he's silhoutted against the darkening moon. There's a shade of pale yellow and a black shape seems to have stuck itself right in between. The moon pulls the waves farther up the shore and I feel myself being pulled under.

It's a world I've dreamt of, deep down in the waters blue, with no one to help and no one to know, life could just be peaceful. Swim with the fish and sleep with the sea horses. On the sea bed I'd make friends with the plankton and the eels. They'd keep me safe from a shipwreck.

I built those walls around me in my life just like the ones on the beach. Now the walls around me are crumbling, and I'm swimming in an ocean of warmth. I feel no remorse nor pity. I feel I'm free, I feel I can live without pain and sadness, I am in bliss.

The waves crash over me like a thousand stones, I'm sinking deeper into the unfathomed deep. My world was once protected by four walls, those walls sink deep with me.

There are no tears and there are no screams. The sea bed is my grave and the water my coffin. But it's a peaceful death, one that takes me away from the sand on that beach, the sand that I trusted, the sand that I built my walls upon and the sands of time that held my footprints. But they're all washed away by that quiet force, the ruler of all that is earth - water.