floating (or: the rather unsuccessful attempt to float mindlessly in the sea to just relax and be but your brain won't shut up or something else intervenes) (Celine Wildermuth)

 



trying to wind down

from all the buzzing noise in the world

 

the wind on top

the water down under

 

floating

 

 

if only for a little while

to shut off and just be

one with nature

one with me

 

remembering what happened yesterday

 

 

no!

drops from crashing waves splash onto my face

interrupting my attempt to detach and connect

 

 

hearing the hollow sounds the ocean carries

feeling the fiery warmth the sun radiates

 

smelling the salt from the ocean breeze

seeing the sun's light through closed eyes

 

floating

 

 

no!

touching something unfamiliar and oddly squishy

hoping it's just a piece of seaweed on the loose

 

 

what if

what is isn't

what can can't

what will won't

 

too many choices to make

too few truly important

 

wondering what will happen tomorrow

 

 

no!

legs and torso are slowly folding

starting to sink

 

 

taking a deep breath in

to keep floating

 

stretching my limbs, making myself big

so that the waves keep carrying me

 

absorbing what is happening in the moment

 

 

trying to wind down

from all the buzzing noise in the world

 

the wind on top

the water down under

 

Although I'm floating

I'm feeling a little more down to earth again

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