Today was a bad day... more bad news in
an already overwhelmingly bad time. As I sit here thinking, sinking
into my melancholy, my mind's eye keeps seeing flashes of the ocean
as it pounds the shore. I see a rather simple sand castle. There is
a woman scrambling to finish the structure before the sea steals it
all. The castle is humble. I feel the joy she is feeling in her
work. As the tide finally starts to recede, I see her straighten and
stretch her tired muscles, tears slowly slipping down her cheeks.
She looks at me and I feel her struggle... the struggle of knowing
that her castle is safe for today but if she wants it to stand
tomorrow, she must return and fight the fight again. All the while
knowing that the ocean is merciless and it will take it all. The sea
will win. The sea always wins. And she will wonder why she fought
at all.
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