I awoke in the middle of the ocean
My bed pitched out on the waves
And the sky forever around me.
I felt like the whole world was all for me
All the little wonders stitched into the fabric of space
Left there for me.
I just spent all morning floating.
At noon I ate sandwiches and drank coke out of a glass bottle.
And then I floated all afternoon.
When the sun set it looked like the whole ocean was on fire.
I watched the sky separate out into its multitude of colors
All running into each other and melting into the ocean
And then I ran my fingers through the water
Looking for the colors that had dripped out of the sky.
When it was really and truly dark
I just lay there and looked up at all the stars I’ve never seen before
And I wasn’t really hungry.
At midnight, I went for a swim
And when I was finished and fresh and tired I climbed back on my bed.
In the dark I ate more sandwiches, and watched the fish crowd around the crumbs I dropped.
And then I watched as the sun started to think about waking up
And the colors started to run up out of the ocean and into the sky.
And all the wonders were still there,
Just for me.