Volatile Freedom

[xiemakeinu]

Reveling in hushed silence
No longer wandering, fluttering, fleeing
A moment of true beauty

Life has halted

I think nothing
I feel nothing
I am but a ripple in the ocean
Rising and falling with the waves

Disconnected and discontented
Unable to comprehend it all
I have escaped... for the moment

Just me, the sand, and the water
Yet I am the only one immobilized

Recognizing my delay
I must revert
Or risk losing my way

Back to the sun
Waves crash into my ears
Filling the vast emptiness with a salty solution
Torturing my hidden wounds into resurfacing

"I have returned"