I’m a wandering soul, not a body, not a human

I walk alongside the shore of the ocean

Towards the sky

Towards the stars

The sparkling water reflects against my heaving being

I am vapour

I am air

But I still am chained to the sand, grains pierce through my shifting shape.

And then I notice.

The ocean and the empyreans are one and the same

I am leaving and I am returning

Feeling whole after a long time, I reach for the eternal