Life is an Ocean by Mike Williams 01/26/2016 @ 7:15 P.M.

I went to the ocean to soothe my soul, 
And watch the ebb and flow of endless blue. 
Out in the offing the calm I longed for, 
Subsided into a mist of hazen hue. 

Along the sandy beech the waves were lapping, 
Foamed and rolled harshly in again. 
I tarry a moment to catch my breath, 
Beside the waters of the torrent ocean. 

Long I stood in silent thought and observation, 
And like the tide my life often seemed. 
It peaked fast and flowed in slow elation, 
Somewhere torn between the rough and serine.