A Living Creation

 

I swam out until I could swim no more

then I turned and saw the distant shore

I floated on gently rippling waves

above a deep, dark watery grave

I looked toward the beach of sand

and the towering immensity of land

Further out and beyond my reach

lay another far off beach

An island rising above the sea

perhaps my destination to be

 

I remained basking in golden sunlight

with the ocean bearing my weight

I felt no dread or fear

of anything that might appear

The sky was cloudless and blue

with the land displaying a different hue

There was movement all around

the sea with its unique lapping sound

High above birds swooped and flew

as beneath a gentle breeze blew

 

I was not alone but in a rhythm of life

a place of incomparable beauty free from strife

Everything about me was fully alive

I had not earned this generous prize

It was a gift of living reality

from a divine and hidden sanctity