swim ashore.
you find sand between your toes.
water in your eyes. wind in your spirit.
it has taken you there.

you missed the rocks.
the jagged edges of cliffs.
the strength you took to swim has you this far.

you have in your hands, fate as it were to decide.
to lay down and die between the sands, as to let the waves carry you offshore.
or to make do what your hands and feet can.
until you see smoke from the horizon. to be steady as you may. until another sunrise peeks over your brow.