The infinite tussle
Gushed, with a nightmarish glare
Swelling, into the towering Goliath
That lay siege to every quiet shore

Before, this terrible stirring
All tranquility within me shattered
Fear accelerated!
I sputtered, and slowed
As an offering before the raging ocean
Frothing
Gushing
Exhumed from dormancy

The Terrible rising
Leaned forth with vengeance
Darting for the amassed shock and horror
The unified gasps
And following shrieks
Now permeate through every slumber
Every quivering rest,belonging to them

Those hearts prevailed beyond the coast
And alone I hastily perished
Eagerly consumed, by the frigid unforeseen

Solitude has crushed me once again
Swept aside once more
And cruelly forgotten

This poem is based on a nightmare i had two nights ago. In the nightmare i was on a beach and i was approaching the sand with a picnic basket, when suddenly this massive wave rose out of the ocean! It was about the size of skyscraper and was flinging boats left and right. People around me started screaming and running in the opposite direction, but when i tried to run it felt like i had bricks tied to my feet. I was moving at a snail’s pace. So i was consumed by giant wave and swept out into the pacific. At this point in the dream i woke up shaking and drenched in sweat. This likely stems from an experience i had as child. My family and i went on vacation to Hawaii in 1999 and one experience there pretty much scarred me for life. I was building a sand castle on the beach in Honolulu when a wave crashed on the shore and dragged me out into the ocean.. Lucky for me my father served in the navy and knew how to swim. He saved my life. So that is the source of some of my nightmares and my phobia, nearly drowning at 8 years old.