I opened my eyes before a raging ocean.
I remembered waking up to a nightmare so wrathful and hating, it raised waves of towering heights. Brewing above, the violent tempest frenzied the waters even more, sending rampant winds from the skies beyond.
The lightning brought by the tempest were bright and loud. Every strike that were thrown were roars of shockwaves that shook my ears and blinded my eyes. The rain that fell from the heavens were also showers of stinging pain.
It was a chaos. And I was at its heart.
In the midst of all the madness I was trying to stay afloat. With no help at sight, I tried to paddle with my limbs – kicking the waters and dabbling my arms with utmost effort. I tried not to succumb to the restless waters that continuously bashed my skull. I tried. I tried very hard, but alas, my efforts became futile.
I was devoured. Like the great leviathan of the myths, the ocean devoured me to its deep, cold belly. I felt the freezing waters as it wrapped my skin and deliver me to the depths of the dark brines. I felt pain, I felt excruciating pain inside me.
Farther and farther, the already faint light from above became even fainter. After a few minutes, a few more seconds, there was only darkness. One by one, my memories slipped past my mind, taken like the last bubbles from my nostrils. I started to feel nothing as I lost my mind to the deep ends of the ocean.
In a flash, my memories were no more.
As I started to sink even deeper, I felt more peaceful. The chaos and madness that knocked me to the depths has vanished. There, the rage that once consumed me was gone and I finally felt calm.
In that moment, I understood. I closed my eyes and grinned as I let my weight descend me to the deeper depths of the ocean. As my consciousness started to depart, I arrived at my final realizations. At last, I am free.
With a silent smile, deep on the quiet ocean beds, I finally fell to sleep.
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