Seeking the End

Adrift for days

which had turned into weeks

The current had vanished

and the winds

they had been taken from his sails

It was as if he was being held prisoner by the sea

Baked by a mercilous sun during the day

and feeling frozen at night

his hope had joined the currents and the wind

Another day of the same would only bring more pain

Yet the days continued to come

Each one bringing more of the tortuous rays of the sun

His eyes had been dried

unable to produce the badly needed tears

to relieve them

His skin damaged

The sea water which had helped to cool him

no longer brought relief

instead the salt produced prolonged burning

The eagerness of those first days to survive was gone

In his heart he knew that only death would bring an end

to the suffering