They cast me out
into the open ocean
to float alone.

The choppy waters
rippled randomly
all around me.

As I sought to swim
I found a tree limb
adrift in this infinity
of water that was
trying hard
to drown me.

While I hugged the
thick brown wood,
my skin was
scraped and shredded
from the rough bark
and other protrusions.

After an unknown
quantity of hours,
daylight was devoured,
and the once bright sky
gave way to starlight.

Above me lay
an infinite expanse of space
which was reflected
in the water
where I struggled
to remain
afloat.

Then in an instant of fatigue
one wave captured me
and I screamed silently
as oxygen was replaced
by saltwater,
and I was swallowed
by eternity.