*=^.......                                          .......^=*
**=^......                                          ......^=**
%**=^.....                                          .....^=**%
&%**=^....                                          ....^=**%&
@&%**=^...                                          ...^=**%&@
#@&%**=^.. *......................................* ..^=**%&@#
##@&%**=^. *..............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.            ........^=
^.........                                          .........^
..........                                          ..........
..........                                          ..........
..........                                          ..........
^.........                                          .........^