.~~*===@@@ @@@===*~~.
.~~*=@§@@@ @@@§@=*~~.
.~~*=@§@@@ @@@§@=*~~.
.....~~=§§ §§=~~.....
.~~*=@§@## ##@§@=*~~.
.....~*@@§ *......................................* §@@*~.....
.~~*=@§@## *..............the ocean...............* ##@§@=*~~.
.~~*==@@§@ *......................................* @§@@==*~~.
.~~~~*@§@@ *.living.ghost.of..the.primordial soup.* @@§@*~~~~.
.....~*=§§ *......................................* §§=*~.....
...~~**@§@ @§@**~~...
.~~*===@@§ wavering just out of sight §@@===*~~.
.~~***=§@@ just outside @@§=***~~.
.~~*=@§@@# the termination shock of perception, #@@§@=*~~.
.~~*=@§@@# #@@§@=*~~.
.~~*=@§@@# a roaring depth reduced to a gentle #@@§@=*~~.
.....~~*=§ swell upon the minds coast, §=*~~.....
.~~*=@§@@# #@@§@=*~~.
.~~*=@§@## invisible laps, claiming you, ##@§@=*~~.
.....~*=@§ not reaching. §@=*~.....
....~*==§@ @§==*~....
.~~*===@§§ but the body has limits, the barrier is §§@===*~~.
.~~*=@§@@# impermanent, and exhaustion unlocks it. #@@§@=*~~.
.~~*@§@@## ##@@§@*~~.
.~~*=@§@@# with closed eyes and a fractured self, #@@§@=*~~.
......~*@§ the shooting star on it's way to the §@*~......
.~~*=@@@## dark lake, ##@@@=*~~.
.~~*=@§§§@ you can hear the waves as they speak. @§§§@=*~~.
.....~~=@@ @@=~~.....
.~~*=@§@@@ sometimes they're people, @@@§@=*~~.
.~~*=@§@@# sometimes there's birds, #@@§@=*~~.
.~~*=@§@@@ but there's always a warm alien embrace. @@@§@=*~~.
.~*=@§@@## ##@@§@=*~.
.~*=@§@@## and this time they hit shore. ##@@§@=*~.
.~~*=@§@@# #@@§@=*~~.
.~~*=@@@§@ @§@@@=*~~.
.~~*===@§@ @§@===*~~.
.~~*=@§@@# #@@§@=*~~.
.~~*=§@@## ##@@§=*~~.