Fathom
“It stretched thin, surging forward until it swirled around my feet in eddies of blue and gray. The ocean was teasing me. Trying to get me to come out and play. It would sweep away from me, impatient, then gather courage to swell and crash forward again.
The seals were gone and the water felt cold and the sun burned my eyes.
I pulled on a pair of sunglasses, something I almost never wore, wondering why my eyes were so sensitive to the light today. Then I sat in the sand, my wetsuit still... draped over one arm, not sure whether I wanted to go swimming today or not.
I couldn’t help going over what had happened last night, trying to piece it all together. But no matter how hard I tried it didn’t make sense. From the moment I took that fruit drink—the one that had been spiked—it all seemed like one long, brightly colored hallucination. Of course, there was one other conclusion. I started digging small tunnels in the sand with my fingers, trenches to trap the seawater when it came tumbling over me.MoreLess
The seals were gone and the water felt cold and the sun burned my eyes.
I pulled on a pair of sunglasses, something I almost never wore, wondering why my eyes were so sensitive to the light today. Then I sat in the sand, my wetsuit still... draped over one arm, not sure whether I wanted to go swimming today or not.
I couldn’t help going over what had happened last night, trying to piece it all together. But no matter how hard I tried it didn’t make sense. From the moment I took that fruit drink—the one that had been spiked—it all seemed like one long, brightly colored hallucination. Of course, there was one other conclusion. I started digging small tunnels in the sand with my fingers, trenches to trap the seawater when it came tumbling over me.MoreLess
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