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Have you ever sat by the sea
Watched the waves come in and go out
Sometimes with such force
They feel like a threat
What is it that holds them back
The sea knows when to come in
And when to go out
I would call it intuition
But that’s impossible
So what is it that makes it so
The moon and sun
The winds vacillate
In all directions
The force that drives forward
The remnants of the wind that curl back
Ebb and flow
A rhythmical pattern of coming and going
Or decline and regrowth
That’s what these days yield
Insight and blindness
Love and hate
Hope and despair
Lost and found
But what this is becoming
Is a trailblazing expedition
Like Louis and Clark
Only we are unwilling participants
Who did not sign up for this
But we have no choice
We have been yanked from our beds
Thrown into the wagon
Sent on a perilous journey
To the new wild west
There are things learned on this path
That cannot be learned in comfort
Things that reveal themselves
Through pain and shock and horror
When there is fear you cannot run
There is no hiding place
Even those who travel in luxury
Cannot dismiss the deep seated angst
But we press on each day
With no end in sight
Facing our inner demons
Or casting them on someone else
Blaming and shaming
Anything to avoid feeling truth
That we cannot escape this prison
And it is not just a bad dream
And we cannot predict the future
No one leading us knows the way
We are losing lives on the road
And it becomes more meaningless
Because we become more numb
Everything we knew to be true is gone
Strangers move away
Eyes are filled with fear and anger
Judgement is high
Trust is gone
We can see it coming
The great divide
There are so many of us
We are forced to go on different sides
We are separated further away
The great divide splits our civility
Which way should we go
Which is the safer passage
No one knows
But some say they do
Or worse yet just say
The other side is misleading
They warn and threaten
When all we the people want to do
Is get safely to the other side
Even though we don’t know where we are going
Some say we will never go back home
Others say we will live on the other side
In a different way
The longer we stay on the path
The more I feel mislead
And new feelings are beginning to change me
I fight the power of them
Because it does not feel like me
But like someone thrust into war
Forced to fight a battle not of their own
But survive you must
And then I remember
The greatness of the trees
I remember that the sea knows when to come in
And when to go out
And when I think of those I love
Who got swept to the other side
And my heart longs to go home
I look around with my old eyes
Those that come from my heart
The ones who understand
Not with words but deep inside
The intuition of survival
More than that the purity
Of beauty and innocence
And I wake while others sleep
And I think for myself
Guided by My heart
Which has learned everything it knows
By absorbing Nature
In all her wonders tis the wisest
She has seen every generation of man and beast
Has watched and learned and participated
There were once dinosaurs who walked here
Their shadows are the clouds overhead
Casting on the plains around me
And we are here now
For such a time as this
It is our destiny to solve the riddles of the day
We will never know the truth in others
But we can know it in our hearts
And then I get it and I choose
To take a moment everyday
As many moments as I need
To remember what I know
In my heart about this life
And it’s knowing that comes
Without words or debating
Without reading body language
Without fretting the haves and have nots
No it is where true freedom lies
Inside my heart
I’ve been making the mistake
Of letting my mind lead my heart
Now I choose to shift this
I will let my heart lead me
Nature will be my guide
Breathing deeply sitting under a tree
Observing the wildlife around me
And I will learn the lessons this time will teach
About loving and giving
About where true peace comes from
About humanity
Flaws and all
And it will start with gratitude
Because every day I wake up and get to start again
Is a gift
For me and for you
This roller coaster ride
I don’t have to ride
I can be content just knowing
That the tide comes in and goes out
Just like it did yesterday
And nature speaks to me through this
She knows something about time
That it heals all wounds
So I will set up my sail
The wind will blow
It’s time for me to learn how to sail
And feel the power of the wind
It knows where to take me and you
I’ll run with it, crab through it
And go against it
My heart will know the way
Even though its lonely
And we are not together
We are destined now to be
Separated for a time
But not forever
Not even in death
Something tells me
It is better to hope
Than give up
And I can do this because
The seasons come and go
And come back around again
In this fast paced world
We must wait, is it a gift
We’ve stopped, we’re watching
Now let’s listen to our hearts
That’s where love’s grown
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