Ebb // Flow | Poem

Friendships move like waves
—ebb and flow—
carried by the tides of time.


—we flow—
          shorewards motion
                    propelled by our shared ambitions

                    —we ebb—
          receding to the depths
surrendered to the currents

I used to try and dam the ocean
Stem the tide
Create stasis
Keep us still in shallow rock pools
Stagnant

               But we are wild, organic
          Moving in flux
                    Pulled by the moon and the currents and tides
                One day, we will coincide
      flotsam and jetsam
tumbled together in the wake of the waves,
                                                  and we’ll drift shorewards
                                                                                         once again.




Image by Abel Escobar from Pixabay