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Waking upto Land,Cast Away
#WritcoStoryPrompt27
A flock of geese flying high up against the blue sky, flapping away in familiar harmony, roused me into that state of consciousness that lingers just before awakening from a restless slumber. The harsh slap of surfy water struck me with a ferocity that had me gasping for air coming to complete consciousness. My shoulders and arms felt sore, almost as if they didn’t belong to me anymore. How could they when I had spent more than forty eight hours clinging onto a piece of drift-wood floating in the middle of the bloody ocean! How had I fallen into the ocean,ended up on an island shore?I was on board the plane that got hijacked in between,and the pilot took an emergency landing and we fell into the ocean instead as he landed just a bit short of the shore.. miscalculations happen all the time..and this was one such moment,now I swam a bit but couldn't make it past that mile without the drift-wood floating along conveniently,for me to grab onto..
© Apoorva
A flock of geese flying high up against the blue sky, flapping away in familiar harmony, roused me into that state of consciousness that lingers just before awakening from a restless slumber. The harsh slap of surfy water struck me with a ferocity that had me gasping for air coming to complete consciousness. My shoulders and arms felt sore, almost as if they didn’t belong to me anymore. How could they when I had spent more than forty eight hours clinging onto a piece of drift-wood floating in the middle of the bloody ocean! How had I fallen into the ocean,ended up on an island shore?I was on board the plane that got hijacked in between,and the pilot took an emergency landing and we fell into the ocean instead as he landed just a bit short of the shore.. miscalculations happen all the time..and this was one such moment,now I swam a bit but couldn't make it past that mile without the drift-wood floating along conveniently,for me to grab onto..
© Apoorva
