Blue

His beady orbs were my last coherent thoughts
before I was sucked to a blue Floridian beach-
the sun beating down on the calm shore,
or maybe the pool in my backyard
glowing in the dark.

And as I stared deeper, I began to drown
at first, like I was pulled down by my foot.
My breath hitching,
suffocating in a feeling that disabled my ability to breathe- or even think,
it hit me like waves
each time deeper, and deeper.
I let myself be engulfed into the calm cool eyes
until it was okay if I never took another breath.

He was like the unexpected lightning shooting down from the sky,
thunder rumbling like a shout to the core of the earth.

My skin crawled and my heart wanted to run,
but only to be chased,
caged inside my chest.