Driving through the night
Windows up
Speakers blasting
Throat raw from the strain of
Singing my feelings
Away

Tears flood my vision
Street lights blurred
Tires crawling
Through darkened streets as
Cars rush past, to leave me
Behind

Cutting the engine
Ears filled with silence
Door opens, stumbling
Taking night air into
My lungs like
A blessing

Bared feet sinking
Into cold sand
Surrounded by sound
Roaring, incessant
Foaming waves battering
The shore

Wind howling and twisting
Through untamed hair
Sand coating my skin like
Stardust, mouth open
Tasting the salty
Air

A glow, bold and piercing
Hangs in the sky
The full moon a beacon
Beckoning, below it
Shimmering, a path
Of light

Staggering toward moonbeams
Toes carving wet sand
Water rushing, enveloping
Ankles, washing
Away the evidence of
My existence

Waves tugging, insistent
My body obeys
Submerging, floating
Cold numbing the skin
Heart warmed by the ocean’s
Embrace

Letting go, body resting
Currents drawing me far out
To sea, bathed in moonlight
Lips curved in a smile
Slow breathing, finally
At peace