Waves

Sometimes I feel like an ocean, big, strong, and filled with undulating waves that flow across my being and face in ways I have no control over.

Deep down inside of me are things going on all the time, some of them funny, others not so funny, and no matter which one it is, they can change the way people see me.

I run into people everywhere I am and sometimes I just want to engulf them in my arms, wrap them up and hold them close, but occasionally there are a few I'd like to dump on some far distant shore and hope they go away.

In ways and for reasons I don't understand I often have a big impact on those around me. It makes me conscious that I have a responsibility that goes beyond myself. It doesn't always make me nice to be around.

Sometimes I just feel lost and alone. Who would believe that, when I touch so many places, so many people, but it's true. The moon draws me in, the sun draws me up and my tears are such a part of me even I don't always know they are here.

My world is what it is and I deal with it the best way I know how.

Don't we all? Do we have any choice?

We do.

Just not the ones that always seem the most obvious.