I’m standing in the ocean,
waves pounding me trying to knock out my footing
    as I dig my toes into the shifting sand.

Pounding pounding… one side then the next.
sometimes above and sometimes below.
I am forced to give and to take
Yet every inch of my body joining together
    in united effort to staaaay

Standing

Stay strong, Nate, stay strong,
You are that immovable force that can look the waves in the face
With compassion and presence
Breathing, breathing, breathing that life giving Spirit wind
    that gives the strength to live

That same wind that causes the waves as well