i surfed
through clusters of
frantic storms
the melon hued sky
misleading in
vibrancy unrestrained

each new burst
igniting a flare of red
as the turgid swarm
of insolent fireflies
panicked at the downfall
of dismalities

i drive with a
tarnished crucifix
in a steady deluge
of drowning dreamers
cast down convulsively
by a dismissive demiurge

an insomnial aquanaut
following the swollen
rivers of raging madness
seeking the remnants
of nautical maps
that show the way home