Depth

The waves alive, beyond control

Like the feelings of a mortal soul

Swell and break!

Emotion spent,

Repent--

Sigh, and rejoin the sea

To fulfill their destiny.



The spray that bursts upon the rock

As inner man,

Desires the shock

Of release!

Momentarily, wild and free

Defying the beckoning sea,

Yet knowing strength it must regain

It falls into the sea again.



Dare we say the sea has failed

Its stability assailed

Because from depth it swells to break

Causing turbulence in its wake

To free the spray?



Men choose action like the sea

Rise and fall with dignity,

And as the spray upon the shore,

Regain capacity once more.


©2003 Christy Schaller