Imagination

I close my eyes.
The darkness comes.
Then slowly, it changes, shifting
Making me see.
Color surrounds me.
Blues, reds, yellows, greens,
floating around me
slowly creating shapes.
Familiar, recognizable.
Trees, water, sand.
My ears fill with sound.
Russel of the wind through the leaves on the trees,
water splashing on the rocks in the distance.
I smell salt, the smell of the ocean.
It feels so real.
An enviorment all inside my mind.
Peace I've found here.
Calmness engulfs me.
The relief, the security of my own mind

I feel it fading so quickly.
The smell is gone.
My ears feel muffled as the sounds begin to fade.
I use these last seconds to take it all in.
Who knows when I'll return here?

The colors begin to blend.
The shapes unrecognizable.
The darkness returns.
Black.
I am alone.
I open my eyes.
Reality.
The few brief moments I spent there,
the memory is all I have to calm me,
to take me back.
All I have is my imagination.