Paradise

Waves crashing, thoughts dashing, unable to think straight.
Crash! Bang! Cant hear as I try to think again.
Bam! Thud! Can’t see.
Senses slowly fading.

A cry of terror.
Trying to help, loss of touch.
Trying to yell, voice unable to surface
Scared to death.

Trying to scream, comes out as a muffled cry.
A voice cries out again, but this time, more strangled than before.
I realise I am being tested.
My best friend is in the distance on the cool soft sand.

I realise my senses are back.
I feel the soft sand crumbling at my feet,
hear the seagulls crying out to each other ever so gracefully.

I see that I am now surrounded by lovely warm light.
I smell the sea breeze and feel the slight chill against me.
In this moment I know that I am in paradise