PE: LIFE SURFER

For some time, I’ve considered the art of managing the ups and downs, the joyous and agonizing waves of life to be like surfing. I’ve called it life surfing- riding the waves of life. I mentioned this to JC Wayne, and she sent me a drawing she had done. The idea for the video came to me during an interaction with Jeanett Molemohi, my "adopted" lil sis from Lesotho, in southern Africa. Thanks Jeanett!🙏The following emerged:

   

LIFE SURFER

Life, you fragile microscopic giant

looming over every breath

each moment grasped or passed

My gaze cannot encompass you

my arms fail in feeble embrace

my words garble

when I seek to speak

your essence

my senses shimmy

as your seasons change

as your tides chase the moon

I yearn to learn

to surf the sand

as well as sea

to ride waves

in roiling

or placid mood

How your curl of power

captivates my tremble

abates my cautious stumble

sends me soaring

before the landing

CRASH