Wilderness of Suburbia

I lay adrift upon a raft

In a sea in my backyard;

Nine feet of water lay pristine beneath me

And a vast blanket of stars covers the night sky.

Here on my raft I am a pioneer daring

The wilderness of suburbia.

I am solo, caught between two expanses:

The abyss below envelops me,

The heavenly mantle above transcends me,

And the two swallow whole my insignificant ego.