Silent darkness wrapped her arms
Around me this morning
Calm, peace entered through my ears
My eyes, my nose
Until all that was left of me was nothing
And I swam in this darkness, like a star
In the night sky… the only light in my
Vast expanse
And I wanted to remain longer, floating,
So quietly, bobbing in and out of waves
Vanishing and reappearing
But life called me back home
And I had to go, as the sun crested
Horizon’s soft line, and birds began their
Singing