The Fighting Tide

The sea boils and seethes, mercilessly pounding shore

White foam astride the crests of waves upon the cliffs at sea

And howl and rage and spit its spray like bitter words of betrayal

As it doth hammer at the cliff because it dared to be

For the sea is not restrained by any man or any will

It roars and crashes, frenzied by the miles it has come

For flows and rivers, salty tears, do pile into its bounds

Embittered by emotions and the water's never ending thrum

And tossed about like leaves on wind pile bodies in the fray

So helpless against the anger that has never known its bounds

The icy cold of loneliness and piercing daggers of despair 

 Enough to breed insanity upon its towering grounds

A hysterical cry among the darkness and the stillness

The calm and the sincerity of green pastures and hills

For rage would rip the grass up from the stalks that bravely grow

For anger at its purest never calms and never stills

The rocks beneath the water jut out into the howling mass

Where darkness and chaos reign below the fighting tide

Yet none stand high enough to challenge the unbound wrath

For only time can wear away the courage to have pride

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Insanity breeds sanity, some may say otherwise

But if we see the fighting tide of nature's unchained fury

The power and the strength that pounds away with no reason

Inspires the kind of power that fights in clarity

The peace we must sustain above the raging of the sea

To let war ravage the lands we hold in the name of sanity

Would be to let the fighting tide wash us with hate and sorrow

To preserve all love and peace in the name of humanity

Is the only sanity that we will ever know

Reviews

[The Hampstead Poet]

I found this a very thought-provoking read, the use of a metaphor to express a philosophy. I am a pacifist myself, and I agree. To let war ravage our world is to invite the chaos we try to separate ourselves from. Very eloquent, and a great poem.

[Falling Stars]

Thank you very much. I am glad you agree with my philosophy of peace and that you enjoyed my poem, The Hampstead Poet.