....~=$$#¶ ¶#$$=~....
.....~=$$# #$$=~.....
......~=$$ $$=~......
.......~=$ $=~.......
........~= =~........
.........~ =......................................= ~.........
.......... =..............THE OCEAN...............= ..........
.........~ =......................................= ~.........
........~= =.LIVING.GHOST.OF..THE.PRIMORDIAL SOUP.= =~........
.......~=$ =......................................= $=~.......
......~=$$ $$=~......
.....~=$$# WAVERING JUST OUT OF SIGHT #$$=~.....
....~=$$#¶ JUST OUTSIDE ¶#$$=~....
...~=$$#¶# THE TERMINATION SHOCK OF PERCEPTION, #¶#$$=~...
..~=$$#¶## ##¶#$$=~..
...~=$$#¶# A ROARING DEPTH REDUCED TO A GENTLE #¶#$$=~...
....~=$$#¶ SWELL UPON THE MINDS COAST, ¶#$$=~....
.....~=$$# #$$=~.....
......~=$$ INVISIBLE LAPS, CLAIMING YOU, $$=~......
.......~=$ 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 $=~.......
......~=$$ DARK LAKE, $$=~......
.....~=$$# YOU CAN HEAR THE WAVES AS THEY SPEAK. #$$=~.....
....~=$$#¶ ¶#$$=~....
...~=$$#¶# SOMETIMES THEY'RE PEOPLE, #¶#$$=~...
..~=$$#¶## SOMETIMES THERE'S BIRDS, ##¶#$$=~..
...~=$$#¶# BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A WARM ALIEN EMBRACE. #¶#$$=~...
....~=$$#¶ ¶#$$=~....
.....~=$$# AND THIS TIME THEY HIT SHORE. #$$=~.....
......~=$$ $$=~......
.......~=$ $=~.......
........~= =~........
.........~ ~.........
.......... ..........