waves

sometimes they are small
and steady.
there is something reassuring about the lightness with which one lifts
and releases you,
until another one comes to take you again

othertimes they can build to an unfathomably strong force
they will toss you,  and disorient you
you could drown in the chaos of its crash
but you don't.
you just make your way back to the shore, breathless and invigorated
and are reminded how wonderful it feels to be alive

different speeds

sometimes i feel like a windshield wiper
briefly in perfect synchronicity with the wiper beside me
other times moving in exactly the opposite direction
but most of the time, somewhere in the middle, just trying to find that rhythm, trying to achieve that moment of perfection, right before its lost again