We will be better
More healed
More patient
More loving
We long to leave behind our flaws
Abandon them to the cold and walk away
Spiritually sound
Balanced and centered in a world precarious
The gods laugh
Sending new storms
Higher waves
Incoming missiles of heartache and pain
We dodge
Are dislodged
Thrown from the boat again
Castaways
Always seeking shores
And shelter
And safety
The axis of the world tilts
Is tilting still
In the stillness of motion
We reclaim our flaws
Humbled and uncertain
This is always the lesson
