Ferry

It almost felt like I was flying, the way waves of air crashed ceaselessly into my body. 

My forearms splitting the wind in two. 

My ankles surfing along its curl. 

The air whipped through my head,

Violently caressing my face.

Filling my mind with its blinding roar.

The way the sunlight scorched the sea, 

It felt like I could hike along its shimmering pillar.

A fountain of light emerging from the bow.

For a moment,

I disappeared.

For a moment,

Everything disappeared.

The world became empty.

The world became quiet.

The world became the universe.

Then, the world returns.

The water recedes.

The tide ebbs.

As I hear:

First… the…