Treading water

home is what we long for , family, friends but taking was all that we did through our thoughts, and through our actions....

 In a cabin, i live seven feet away from the lake eventually i’ll move but not back home, i knew there was no more happiness for me there.living in this cabin near the lake i think of the water i do love it after all .

the ocean is where many secrets lie a home for many but we ruin it with our selfish ways.

 The tide pulls you in and you may not get out. There’s a lurk of a dangerous life in the sea i call it the “shadow of the sea”. a dark life form filled with teeth and blood. I seem not to quiver in fear when i think about it but i have never seen this “shadow” ever before and i might never “but never is a long time anything could happen” i go to my moss ate cabin in the woods. the damp touch of the door makes it seem like it’s falling down soundlessly. I walk in, the warm fire i put out minutes after i left is still a warm area i put my swimsuit on and walk the tiny distance to the sea i jump in. the splash i make is loud.

 my scab. the rocks edge hit my scab the tear bleeds out like a stab wound i notice a slowly moving object creepily coming closer. Shark a shark the shadow i dare not describe for i had not the time i tread the water staring into the eyes of the beast my legs are slowly carrying me farther out into the water. the shark pushes me further i am terrified my legs start to tremble my eyes widen his narrow My hands shaking ready to be bitten by the creature before i could notice he pushed me into a swarm of tiger sharks they stop and start to surround me I have nothing but fear riding through my bones, crawling in my skin, swimming through my mind . i was ready to scream but then a noise came out from the forest it was….