The Sea

Floating along, doing just fine. Sun on the face, clouds above and sea below. Then the waters get a tougher, a little rougher. Start moving around a little to keep afloat, still not too much effort. Pretty soon it's all you can do to keep from drowning. Struggling just to survive, fighting to stay alive. Look back and remember just floating along. A raft drifts by, grab it in desperation, intoxication with the thought of safety. Climb aboard and the sea calms. Floating again, the boat that keeps you afloat. And all seems good. Then a hole appears, water comes in. The wind dies, going nowhere. Trying to keep the boat going and trying to survive. Splinters get under the skin, the boat creaks and cracks, the sea attacks. So many problems just to stay afloat. Maybe it's better to abandon ship and swim for shore. Can't keep the boat afloat anymore. Sink the boat that keeps you afloat, abandon to the water or fight for both? How can you sink the one thing keeping you up? But you know there's something better if only you'd let go. You see another raft in the distance. Or is it really there? Decide.