Philosophical

lo and behold its decadent body laid bare
its depth arrives as a terribly horrific storm
inexorably it comes on like a mighty tidal wave
one is left helpless but to listen to its roar
as it is heading inland to both drag and uplift
 
it sweeps in from afar to make and break one
bringing awareness of the necessity to give in
as it will suck everything up to spit it back out
while it verges on the precipice of realization
much like sorrow it starts by crashing into itself

it might seem quite futile to paddle but one must
try to swim upstream against one's own selfish lust
in order to gain one's life one must selflessly lose it
to majestically ride within the curl of her wisdom
feeling the upholding push of her life giving love

wave of life