In the darkness, I swam without direction. With little strength and sustenance, I rode the current North. From the depths of the abyss I saw the freedom star beckoning to me. Even when I closed my eyes and let my lungs fill up with salt, it whispered so loudly I could not ignore it. Some days, I swim amongst a profound melancholy. But to succumb to it would waste the hope Divinity reserved for me.

January 2021