Rise

Waves crash
Crush.
Ebb and flow
Endless taking life
Rushing pain
Strength pours.

Hope runs deep
Currents pulsing
Heart beats
Beat life.
I rise.

The comfort in the tides.
The water ebbing and flowing.
The certainty of the rise and fall.

(pictured: several people playing in a bright blue ocean with white sailboats in the background)