There goes Mommy...

I swing the little door off in the corner open, blinding and crisp warmth pours over my sight.

Tears dance joyfully from my eyes and dive toward their inevitable demise.

The sand underneath is hot between the toes.  

I'm walking...
I'm wading...
I'm drowning...

I'm afraid.

Both my silly smiling children wave back at my frantic gestures.  Oh, my silly wonderful children.  There goes mommy...

Wrapping tight around my head, I feel the hiss of his voice, wait, where am I?

Hitting against the solitary rock, the waves mock and threaten.  Close your eyes...

Tighter, stripping you bare.  

Feel it...
Take it in...

It cannot touch the core, your ballast is tethered securely down below.

Higher and higher upon the laughter of children, you are free at last.

There goes mommy...